"but some of the 'Catters who (alas I cannot call the names largely to mind) I would have been expecting to promote local musical/culinary/motelaccommodation virtues seem to be being bashful."

We have a bunch of members living in "The South" who are actually pretty far away from the stated itinerary. Folks from Florida to Virginia might seem as though they'd have something to add, but their absense is actually understandable and valid. As has been stated already, the distances between various US locales can be seriously underestimated by Brits and other Europeans before they arrive here.

Now, I can think of a D-FW-area Texan or two who might have been expected to contribute, but hasn't. But folks in other parts of Texas might be quite far off the proposed route. Texas is pretty dern big...