Road Trip: Maryland to Texas

A week ago I was driving from Maryland to north Texas (over 2 days).

Road Trips - even one that are mostly just driving - allow a close view of the land. We had good weather; it got progressively hotter as we drove south and west through Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas and into Texas. We stopped for a night just west of Nashville.

Since I was doing most of the driving - I only took a few pictures as we crossed the Mississippi at Memphis…..the Memphis Pyramid and the bridge into Arkansas over the river.

The closer we got to Texas the wetter it got. The center of the US has gotten a lot of rain and some areas are flat enough that it does not run off like it does in the piedmont area of Maryland where I live.

One place I noticed along the road that I had somehow missed in previous treks through the Virginia part of the route was the mansion at Fort Chiswell. It is visible from the highway. I’m going to want to stop to look at it more next time I am in that area.