{"id":482,"date":"2009-11-24T15:56:07","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T20:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2009-11-24T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T20:56:07","slug":"last-day-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"Last day in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-492\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/texas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-492\" title=\"texas\" src=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/texas-540x239.jpg\" alt=\"In central Texas\" width=\"540\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/texas-540x239.jpg 540w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/texas-1024x454.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/texas.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In central Texas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We woke up at 4 a.m. on Monday to make sure we would be on location when the shop where I was schedule to get additional off-road equipment would open.<\/p>\n<p>At 10, after crossing central Texas in the fog, we arrived at Wimberley Four Wheels Drive, close to New Braunfels, in the northeast of San Antonio. Jim jackson, the who represents ARB in the U.S. called me after reading my story in the newspaper. He offered to help with some equipment he thinks I will need.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/dan_nick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-486 \" title=\"dan_nick\" src=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/dan_nick-540x214.jpg\" alt=\"Dan, the owner of Wimberley four wheels drive wishes the expedition good luck\" width=\"540\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/dan_nick-540x214.jpg 540w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/dan_nick-1024x406.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/dan_nick.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel, the owner of Wimberley four wheels drive wishes the expedition good luck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/snorkel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-491 alignleft\" title=\"snorkel\" src=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/snorkel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Installing the snorkel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At 1 p.m., the staff down there was done fitting a snorkel on the truck, and after pilling up some recovery tools in the back, we were heading to San Antonio.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-488\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/riverwalk2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-488\" title=\"riverwalk2\" src=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/riverwalk2-540x291.jpg\" alt=\"riverwalk2\" width=\"540\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/riverwalk2-540x291.jpg 540w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/riverwalk2-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/riverwalk2.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Antonio Riverwalk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/riverwalk3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-489\" title=\"riverwalk3\" src=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/riverwalk3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"riverwalk3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/riverwalk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-487\" title=\"riverwalk\" src=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/riverwalk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"riverwalk\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>It is now way warmer, for which I am grateful, since I still remember the first cold nights. In San Antonio, we parked and spent some time in the city, which seems to be more pedestrian friendly than Houston. We took the riverside walk, probably the city most famous tourist attraction.<\/p>\n<p>I still had few things to do on the Toyota (I know, by now you guys are tired of the mechanical things), and we were on our way to meet with some new friends who from San Antonio and Austin who sent me an email few days ago after reading about my trip.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-490\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/sanfernando_cathedral.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-490\" title=\"sanfernando_cathedral\" src=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/sanfernando_cathedral-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"San Fernando cathedral\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/sanfernando_cathedral-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/sanfernando_cathedral-540x541.jpg 540w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/sanfernando_cathedral.jpg 897w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Fernando cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After trying some Texan red wine, Brant took us for dinner with his mother Audrey and his friend Will. We had Tex-Mex for the last time before passing the border.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we welcomed warmly few drinks in a local sports bar.<\/p>\n<p>We plan to get some paperwork done tomorrow, and arrive in Mexico in the afternoon. In the next few days, we will continue to get ready for the more serious part of the expedition, but I swear, after that, you will get great pictures of more exotic places.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-485\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/brant1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-485\" title=\"brant\" src=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/brant1-540x276.jpg\" alt=\"brant\" width=\"540\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/brant1-540x276.jpg 540w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/brant1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audrey, Nadia, Will, Nick and Brant at the Alamos Cafe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other countries will have hard time matching the hospitality of the families we met since we left New York. Already, I feel this trip will be so great, because of all the people I will meet. Stuck behind my computer, I probably met as many people in the last year than in the last week.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We woke up at 4 a.m. on Monday to make sure we would be on location when the shop where I was schedule to get additional off-road equipment would open. At 10, after crossing central Texas in the fog, we arrived at Wimberley Four Wheels Drive, close to New Braunfels, in the northeast of San &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/?p=482\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Last day in Texas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[34,32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}