The ride continues. Just trying to make it to Austin Texas. That means a good few hours blasting along Interstate Highway number 10. Highway 10 actually goes all the way from LA to New Orleans and on to Jacksonville on the East coast, but i've tried to take the smaller routes that keep me off the main, more direct highway.

There are plenty of interesting side-trips along the way to keep me from heading in anything close to a straight line :-) Lots of small (tiny) one street 'towns' and a few interesting place names along the way: Iraan, Bagdad and, of course, Truth or Consequences (where I spent a night enjoying the hot springs.)

Not too much to report from the days ride apart from lots of miles and lots of quite tiring, gusty, side winds. I stopped in Fredriksburg for lunch - a town with German origins. Lots of german sounding signs and I ate in The German Bakery. With both the bike and I refueled it was another hour and a half in Austin.

Fortunately, there is a Hostelling International in Austin so that has saved a few dollars over the usual Motel rates.

Austin has a good reputation for music and night life and tonight is a BIG day in the political calender know as "Super Tuesday" (when many states hold presidential primaries - an election to nominate the favoured presidential candidate from each party. I may have got that wrong, politics has never been my forte but i'm sure my North American friends can put me right :-)) Anyway the upshot is that it looks like there is going to be quite a party here tonight!