The rule for putting a state on your map is that you must spend the night there. Just crossing over the stateline doesn't count. Texas fills out our map quite nicely don't you think? We've covered a lot of ground since leaving Florida in April. This will be the last state we add for a while since we will be going to Mission, TX next and spending a few weeks. The plan after that is to go back west to Quartzsite, AZ for Christmas where we will spend some time with friends. Then down to Casa Grande, AZ where there is a big Coach Connect RV park - Palm Creek. We hope to stay there for a couple months doing seminars and other computer work.



Here's a west Texas highway - pretty awesome.



Right now we're in Fredericksburg - because we were told about the Museum of the Pacific War that is here. Why? Because Admiral Chester Nimitz, the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific, was born here. It was an amazing museum - I could spend a lot more time there. Two things struck me:
1. computer nerds won the day! the code-breakers were extremely instrumental in Allied victories. An interesting story is the "Navajo code talkers"- who we also read about in Arizona.
2. the war was essentially about control of resources - primarily oil. We need to learn from history ... not repeat it.