While we were there we spent a day in Austin visiting the LBJ Presidential Library and the state capital building. As all governments do, Texas also needed more office space for its capital workers. Since no building could he higher than the capital building, so they cleverly dug 4 stories deep and laid the building on its side, then made skylights so each office has direct sunlight!
We are now (Jan 15) almost completing the traverse of the state (I-10 is 856 miles across the state). We are in Van Horn tonight - about 120 miles from El Paso on our way to Arizona. The skies are clear an full of stars. The elvation is 4300' so it will be cold tonight but we are cozy in our RV - I'm baking cookies for our coffee/tea tonight.