Day 17 - San Antonio, TX - La Porte, TX

via Fredericksburg, TX, which was well out of our way and well worth the detour.

Some notes on the day:

1. Fredericksburg is the home of the Museum of the Pacific War, which gets about ten or twelve lines in our guidebook. It should get more.
   
   Everything you wanted to know about World War Two in the Pacific Theatre but were afraid to ask is answered in loving (and, where appropriate, sobering) detail in this very fine museum in the middle of nowhere, Texas. (Blame World War Two Naval Commander Admiral Chester Nimitz for being born here.)
   
   
2. Our friend in the About Australia shop yesterday apologised in advance for the condition of Texas's beaches. I don't see why. Personally, I think that the beaches and waterways of Australia and California could do with more oil refineries, high voltage power lines and other signs of industrialisation.
   
   
3. But I shouldn't bash Texas too much, since it is the only place in the world where I have seen express lane signs in supermarkets with the (grammatically correct) legend "10 items or fewer."