Hi guys,

We have been in Texas for two days and are still there.  The first picture is of an old car.  There must be thousands of them here and they all excite Al.  He made me take a picture of this one.  He would like it if I took a picture of all of them.  The 2nd picture is looking over the border into Juarez, Mexico.  The day we took this picture 50 people were murdered there because of the drug wars.  We didn't find this out until later.  If you look at the picture close, you can see the shacks across the border.  We were in El Paso, where we had lunch.

The 3rd picture is where they we were stopped by border patrol.  When the officer saw Al taking pictures, he knew we were just tourists.  He actually had to compose himself to keep from laughing.  After all, the back of the truck was full of luggage and bags and we were snapping pictures.  I guess we were obvious.  They did stop the truck behind us and another car and there were 5 officers with guns drawn and a lot of dogs barking. They were obvious illegals.

The next picture is of Houston, where we spent some time downtown shopping.  Al got boots, and a vest.

The last picture is of the Texas Steakhouse,  I got a Texas sirloin and it was delicious, Al got a Texas Filet and it wasn't even eatable. So much for Texas steakhouse.  We saw more beef cattle today than you can imagine, also an armadillo, a lot of dead skunks on the road, and an animal with bright golden orange fur that we don't know what it is, but there are a lot of them here.

Tomorrow, we head out for New Orleans