Sunday, 22 April 2007
Um, so Texas? Is a really, REALLY big state. Really. We drove, and drove, had lunch and drove some more, had dinner, more driving, a potty break and more driving. We drove for 12 hours and didn’t even make it out of the state! We spent the night in El Paso, Texas, and were glad for a place to sleep.
I will tell you one thing though. Texas is beautiful and quite varied in its landscape. We started the day in the hills of eastern Texas, drove through the “flat as a pancake as far as the eye can see” central portion, and ended in the mesas of western Texas. Eastern Texas is more lush and green. The grass along the side of the road was tall, and was rippling in the wind. Central Texas boasted some fantastic wildflower displays along the way. The endless periwinkle blue blankets of the Texas bluebonnets was really something to see.
As for western Texas, well, about the only notable thing was all of the windmill farms. I guess if you get a lot of wind, you can make a lot of electricity. Honestly, it was really reassuring to see a state with dozens of oil derricks over shadowed by hundreds of monolithic windmills. I guess I really like to see us (humans and society in general) making good use of the free resources we are given (like wind and solar). Not trying to pontificate here, just saying that it was indeed a sight to see.
And, if all goes well, we should be home tomorrow! Hurray!
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