Road Trip: Garner State Park, TX.

Sometimes all you can do is drift. The river is gentle. Sit with me in this big tyre. For a moment, it’s 1971. There’s a Mexican guy on a floating sound system. There’s cheesy music and the chitter of kids enjoying themselves. The sun watches some of them jumping from trees, holds its breath until they splash. You watch them with envy. The sun winks.

They say there are no alligators here.