A state that could be a very successful country
I spent much of March in Texas. All of Texas except the most southern part (I’ve been as far down as Corpus Christi).
People were nice in Texas. People were helpful in Texas. People were busy in Texas.
Texas is big. I spent most of yesterday driving through it (Houston to St. George via El Paso, Phoenix).
There were job ads on the radio in Texas. Not the “make money at home ones”, but “we are hiring <pick a job>, apply now”. Texas oozed opportunity.
I like Texas. I wish the rest of the country was like Texas.
And, I suspect, that the people (but not the political class) of states like California, Michigan, New York, and Illinois, wouldn’t mind being more like Texas too.
When this country disintegrates, I hope Utah goes with Texas. If not, I guess I’ll just have to migrate there. Hope they let me in (-:
April 1st, 2010 at 3:32 pm
1,582 miles Houston-St George in 24 hours; 66mph!
22 miles northwest of San Antonio is Boerne, TX that you might like.
April 2nd, 2010 at 7:34 am
I stopped in Junction, Tx on Tue night, after getting a late start out of Houston. Then 22 hours on to St. George. Would have been 17 or 18, but I stopped at Ikea in Tempe, AZ and an accident on the Hoover Damn blocked both lanes and parked me on the damn for 1.5 hours (at midnight!).
Boerne is nice. I’ve been by there. I like central to west Texas better than the more humid eastern part.
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:59 am
Stayed at Junction KOA once then headed down the Frio Valley on US83 to Uvalde (Fort Inge). Fredericksburg is nice too.
http://www.fredericksburgtexas-online.com/
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:10 am
Fredricksburg is a little too “artsy/touristy”. I like the German food there though.
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