If you are ever in Texarkana TX, do NOT stay at the Motel 6. It more like a hotel 1. No internet (just how can that happen), and it goes downhill from there. Need I say more.
We got up pretty early to head across TX to the west with the first stop in Dallas to get online. While do have an air card with us in the car, it is of the slower variety and it doesn't fit in my newer laptop (it has one of the smaller PCMCIA ports -- yes, there is such a thing).
We headed across TX and then south cross country towards Austin. The closest we got to it was about 1 mile, but there was so much rain, we never got to see it. Then, we headed East on a winding dirt road towards Austin. But this is not the plains. More like the roads in Muskoka, and we couldn't quite catch up with it.
Watching the news from Austin, we can see that this storm dropped some pretty big hail and caused LOTS of damage. The hail was punching holes right through windshields. Read about it here.
Last night, once we got to Temple TX, dinner was across the highway at the Texas Roadhouse. If you are ever in the area, you need to make sure you stop there. This place BLOWS the Texan away in Amarillo. And, make sure you get Kaylyn to serve you. This young lady just 'gets it. Besides, she needs new tires on her car and could use a big tip.
Now (at 9:30 local time), there is a storm dropping 3" hail to the south of us. But, it is totally foggy and we can't see a thing. To add to that, there is a forecast of 12 to 18 inches of snow up north in the panhandle. I guess I should have packed boots.
If you click on the 'map this' part of the gallery, you can see exactly where some of the pictures are taken.
North or south.. we are not sure yet where we are going today, but we don't have to go far.
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