Texas
is not a State
of sameness.
Variations abound.
What animal husbandry
and agriculture
ain’t changed.
Yonder are
the Gulf of Mexico Coast
Great Planes,
Interior Lowlands,
Basins, and Ranges
overlapping with
Pineywoods,
prairies, marshes,
savannahs;
south, rolling, and
high plains;
storybook names
like
Trans-Pecos;
mountain ranges
like
Franklin, Chalk, Chinati,
Chisos, Christmas, and Davis;
Guadalupe, Palo Pinto,
del Carmen,
Diablo and Vieja.
Texas is many places.
Look, “Highway 6 goes both ways” *.
Mind it all; the gaps, the plains, and the mountains.
There is not another place like Texas.
*Texas Highway 6 runs 476 miles, from the Oklahoma border to Galveston, Texas. The quote is a pejorative quip or gibe at Texas A&M University for complainers who dislike the place. It’s like don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. In other words, the same road that brought you here can take you away in two directions.
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I have never been there but I know it is most certainly big enough for all that variety
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It is, indeed, Larry. It is also way too hot.
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Since you could fit the UK into Texas 2.8 times that leaves room for a lot of variations! Nice one Bill.
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Thank you, Peter. I would say it’s too hot, but I’ll begetting no sympathy from you Brits. 🙂
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Well done, Bill – do you call TX home yourself?
❤
David
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Thank you, David.
While I grew up in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I’ve lived most of my life in Texas. 🙂
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That sounds ’bout right, from what I heard! Nicely done, Bill. Love the Texas quote!
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Thank, Dale. But it’s still too hot and the politics are maddening.
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No kidding. Your state is completely wacko. Thank goodness I know and appreciate more than one inhabitant that saves it from total disregard 😉
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No disagreement here. 🙂
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🙂
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The size of Texas is a bit mind-boggling to a Brit. Nicely done.
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Also for a Texan. Thank you.
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Great descriptions – I didn’t realise how enormous Texas is! 🙂
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Thank you.
Right. We speak of distance in time. Speed limits are high, Thus, four hours is about 200 miles, plus or minus 20. 🙂
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Thanks for the info 🙂
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