Nancy wrote --
 
>  JM> Palm trees aren't really native to CA, at least around LA.
>  JM> They are more of a desert plant.
> 
> True... so that sounds more like NM and AZ....

  Well, south Texas isn't exactly Vermont!  

>  JM> I was on state route 59, which merged along with several other
>  JM> highways on the beltway or whatever.
>  JM> Texas is really good with signage and painted in the centre of the
>  JM> lane was whatever route it was.  Just stay in that lane, unless you're
like me and manage to get into a line of traffic going elsewhere...
> 
> Should have just stayed in the lane, then

  It was one of those deals where the lane veers off to the left of a
sudden and I was in the right centre lane in a flow of traffic and by the time
I
saw the sign it was too late.
  Driving on a freeway in Houston was like driving in spaghetti the way the
roads go this way, that way, up, down, over, around and back.  All at 75
mph.
  I prefer going along around 50.  

>  JM> It was from a nail I picked up at the border.  Texas has a lot of
>  JM> unpaved side roads and I had parked under a tree on one.
> 
> Now you know.... 

  With all my problems when parked under a tree, I think from now I won't
park under them any longer. 
   Joe
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