I Wanna Be A Cowboy Baby...

Howdy y'all!! Ah'm in good ol' Texas - workin mah way West teewards El Paso and Californee. Ok, i'll stop writing like that as i can barely understand it and i wrote the damn thing!! Yes, i'm in Texas - Fort Worth to be exact. It's reaaaally hot, but really cool (in the non-temperature way) too. But, as usual - let's skip back to what happened since i last posted!!

God, it seems ages ago now - but I was in Memphis two days ago. Straight after writing the last blog i headed out to Graceland to see Mr Presley's home. Have to say - it's smaller than you'd imagine! Some of the rooms are straight up weird (one room has a waterfall), but overall it's a smart pad - and you can't grasp how many gold and platinum records this guy has. Rooms and rooms and ROOMS were STUFFED with the things! I didn't realise just how many Elvis songs i actually know!! Also managed to (strangely) bump into two girls... from Nuneaton... that's definitely the most surreal thing so far. One swears she knows me... i'm preeetty sure i don't!! But anyway! Also met up with David again and his bro, which was totally awesome. Though i had to catch a stupidly early bus the next day we went out for a beer and some munch which was really cool. Pity there were no parties in town for us to tear it up at though! Oh, and I finally got to eat my froggy feast. Tasted... unique.

So, here's to today's first random tangent... the taste of food. Troy, Rach and Dani brought it up in a comment on the last blog (by the way... more of you should comment!! Both there AND Facebook - i like the attention ;-) - seriously though, it keeps me sane!)...

Basically, you can TASTE evolution. Sorry to go all sciencey, but you can. Ok, fish tastes like fish... from that evolved amphibians (e.g. frog), which tastes like a fishy chicken - a UNIQUE taste!... from those evolved reptiles (e.g. alligator), which tastes like a game-y chicken... from those evolved birds (e.g. chicken), which tastes like chicken (oddly enough). So yea... you can taste evolution. And yes, the 10 hour journey here was a slow one to make me wonder that!

And onwards with my travel tale - Texas!! After the bus broke down in 'Rednecks-ville' in Arkansas, i finally made it here, and have spent today at the Stockyards (where they keep cattle - aka real wild west). I've seen cattle drives, REAL cowboys, REAL indians and a rodeo (which included bullriding and bulldogging) = amazing!! Also overwhelmed at the hospitality of Texans - they really are the kindest folks!! I sat around and had some woman start talking to me, she offered to buy me a beer (i thought nothing of it), which i refused... then another guy approaches and starts telling me some stories, so she leaves - and he laughs... yes, she was actually trying to chat me up (actually, now i think about it - she took a photo of me on her phone...) - but before any of you guys start laughing at me, she wasn't my type... at all... in no way... capiche?? Good ;-)

THEN when he leaves another couple sit down and buy me a couple of beers and we just shoot the breeze and chat for an hour or so. Such nice folks!! The taxi driver just drove me totally the wrong way, so charged me what i wanted to pay!! Total legend!! He was an awesome dude too.

Again - too many stories to tell, so some will have to wait. But the next stop for me will be El Paso (Texas), which is on the Mexican border, so i'll be walking over the border to Juarez. Been warned by EVERYONE and their dog to be back before nightfall or i may end up a sex slave somewhere exotic... actually, that doesn't sound too bad... all the S's: Sun, Sea, Sex... though Sodomy isn't my thing, so i'll pass!!

Hope you're all well back home folks - remember to comment on my blog and 'book me!!

Aaron! x