Day One: Houston to Childress, TX

Friday, July 4, 2014      Fourth of July    8 a.m.

Traffic out of Houston was light today just as I was hoping: most folks have fled the city and are at more relaxing destinations.   Or they're "sleeping in".     Whichever, I was able to make it to Childress with little traffic and pretty easily.   Welcome to Childress:

Pretty non-eventful town, huh?   But the locals are really friendly, and their Fourth of July fireworks celebration was quite impressive.    Rock on, Childress!   Nevertheless, I was happy to be on the road to my next stop:  Colorado Springs, CO.