We started the day with a Hill Country food home run: breakfast tacos from a torta truck and kolaches from an old German bakery, which we ate at the pavilion in the town square. Suitably fortified, we tackled the 400-mile drive through West Texas to Carlsbad, NM. While the first half of West Texas was pretty and interesting, things flattened out and got monotonous after that, but we broke it up with a nice lunch stop in San Angelo. We managed to dodge most of the rain, catching only 5 minutes or so just after we crossed into New Mexico. After checking in to our tiny but cozy AirBnB, we celebrated conquering Texas with amazing tacos and melon agua fresca from Carniceria San Juan de Los Lagos.
