Day 18 [Part II] - Texas

We stop in Athens, TX, a beautiful Texas town for some food. We stop into the Flying Gatto and meet some great people. In particular, the Bowden family who runs a gallery down the street. We spend some time in the gallery and Bobbie Bowden takes us to the Texan, a deserted old movie theatre. She puts us in touch with her brother, Bryce, who lives in Austin, TX.





We stop for gas in Hewitt, TX (next to Waco, TX) and once again the bus won't start up. We find a 24 hour mechanic: William (age 20) comes out at 1am and works until 3am and he can't figure out the problem. He promises to come back at 7am the next morning. We sleep at the gas station once again. Jennifer decides to test out her tent.

7am the next morning, William's father, Dave and his mother come out to fix our bus. He fixes the wiring from the battery to the starter, our transmission leak by replacing the hydraulic hose, and our oil leak.

We make it to Austin later that afternoon. That evening, we see people congregated on a bridge. Apparently, Austin has the world's largest bat conservatory and every night around 8pm there is a flight of bats.