Like I said, it was cooler and dryer outside last night. We slept at the
same temperature as always inside, we set the air conditioning on 60
degrees. When we got up in the morning, the outside of the motorhome didn't
look like a giant glass of iced tea, covered in condensation, on a hot
summer day down south. And the first time we opened the door to go
outside... all the glass and mirrors inside did not immediately fog up. It
was cooler and dryer.
White winged doves, yellow rumped warblers, curve bill thrashers, and cactus
wrens.
Have you ever driven from Big Spring Texas to Lubbock or Amarillo? It is
sooooo flat. There are towns named after how flat it is. La Mesa,
Plainview, Levelland. We have been to Plainview and it is aptly named. You
can certainly see plains in all directions. We have been tempted to divert
to Levelland but haven't yet. We are certainly curious to see what
distinguishes Levelland from the surrounding countryside.
A perfect place for cotton. Cotton, cotton, cotton for all those miles.
Two hundred miles of cotton.... And oilwells. The ground is perfect for
growing cotton and oilwells.... and that funny little plant that looks like
tiny corn but with a big puffy thing in the center. It appears that they
harvest the big puffy thing in the center and leave the little corn plant
kind of thing in the ground. We haven't figured out what that is yet. We
haven't stopped to look. We haven't stopped to ask.
Big Spring to Lubbock to Amarillo to Raton New Mexico. We did it. We did
all the leaving it took to actually leave Texas. And in a few more days
I'll probably get that song refrain about "Happiness is Lubbock Texas in my
rearview mirror." out of my head as well. Becky, have I thanked you enough
for bringing that up?
Tomorrow, Colorado.
