kraftiekortie wrote:
It takes a whole day to drive from Texarkana to El Paso.
Yes. Yes it does...
When I moved to CA, my parents helped me drive out. My part of the drive was Texas. I took the wheel just outside Ft. Worth at about 10am. I pulled into the state line Rest Area entering NM just past El Paso at about 2am and stayed awake just long enough to hand over the keys and crawl into the sleeping bag in the back. We had stopped for dinner, we had stopped for gas a couple times, but yeah. Texas is BIG.
I still remember the stars. So clear, so bright. I grew up in the country, but it still amazed me. I also remember seeing a flame and wondering what it was for quite a while. When I got close (over an hour later) I saw that it was a 25ish foot flame about maybe 30-40 feet up, on top of one of the vent pipes for an oil well. I had been seeing that flame and wondering what it could be for about 100 miles. Those are the things I remember about TX.
Sorry for the wandering, I was just remembering those things. 22 years ago in a couple weeks, but it's like yesterday. And like a million years ago at the same time...