Water, Texas and people

Regular readers of the Blog will know that Tom and I are on a recce, a trip to meet those in the US involved with the ride and to set up stuff for the trip, this is taking us across the States.  Sometimes by car, as now, and some flights. The last leg was in Dallas / Fort Worth and then on to Nashville.

The Dallas and Texas experience was interesting, amazing, remarkable and very very good.  But why all these things?  Well for an English person to be in the States there are some things that come as a surprise, the food, the size, the scale, the openness of people, and very much more.

In Dallas we met with our primary sponsor, First Command and our contact with First Command, Michael Ritchie and his colleagues. So now we found ourselves in the corporate world but one that made us very welcome.

Our first food experience of Texas though was lunch, in fact I was the only one to eat and I was lucky enough to treated to a Texas delicacy, a Burrito, I have to be honest on say that I thought that was South Pacific fish but no, it's a big Tortilla filled with what ever you want to pout in it and no ' We don't so small'

Then to the head office for a very good and positive meeting, First Command are showing themselves to be very good sponsors, not just providing funds but giving support help and guidance in a number of areas. Great folk.

After we finished we had more to eat. now we had a barbecue meal but again the American way is to have a real BBQ food and a beer in a restaurant, I wanted a small piece of chicken so had the wimps half chicken.

This we followed with a Margarita in the bar down the road. Not just a Margarita but a frozen one with salt around the lip of the glass, just great.

Then back to our hotel for some sleep prior to an early, 5:00 am, start but not before the room above has a flood.  The looe blocked and the water just kept coming, in this case into my room at 12:30. I woke dreaming of water and then saw and heard the mini cascade, a room change needed and then back to sleep. Another day, another city.