One of the most visceral, physical, intense experiences I ever had. It was up in Hale County when I was a teen.
The heads of the wheat stalks sizzling from being thrashed about by the winds, my body being tugged and shoved around and whipped by the force. I remember it like it was yesterday.
That sounds lovely. I understand why you love it.
We all love our country and we refuse to let it fall into the hands of communist/fascist totalitarians! NeverTrumperism be damned! Hillary/Bernie must be defeated!!
My brother went to the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, TX, but we were living in Illinois at the time. The first time we took him there for school, I knew I wanted to move to Texas some day. Discovering Whataburger in Victoria didn’t hurt either. :)
I grew up in California...LA & Sacramento. After I got married we moved to Wyoming where our nearest neighbor is two miles away. The air is clean, it’s so quiet in the winter it’s stunning, and I do not miss the mobs of ‘diversity’ that I used to have to contend with every day.
And here if a deputy asks me if I have a gun it’s usually because he wants to make sure I have one, not because he’s going to terrorize me for exercising my rights.
Here in this place I am free.
Treking out of the Chisos Basin to the Window, Padre Island and who could forget those mysterious East Texas Pines.
The Great Music and Beer keep me in the Hill Country.
For me standing by the ocean,at night,in heavy fog,hearing a fog horn off in the distance is an absolute delight.
Different strokes. :-)
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We lived in Texas when first married. I always liked the state, especially East Texas.
I dated a girl from San Marcos. She was pretty as a speckled pup and there were plenty more like her.
When I lived in Western Kansas, people were constantly asking if I was from Texas. I was born and raised in NW Florida. Texans remind me a lot of the people I grew up with.
Upon first moving to Texas (from Cincinnati), crossing into the state at Texarkana where, suddenly, the sun came out, the median and roadside was filled with a profusion of bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush...and the milepost read 838 — something you’d not see in any other state.
Born and raised around Dallas - from a plaque given to me when I moved to NY (BRIEFLY!!)
For those who know,no words are necessary.
For those who don’t know, words can not explain.
God bless Texas!
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See my ‘about’ or bio page.
Short history of Texas and lots of pictures of my beloved Texas.
Never thought of leaving. Never will.
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I was born and raised in Texas but Arizona is the state that captured my heart.
My lands are Virginia. I decided I liked it here a whole lot after I discovered that open carry isn’t even controversial.
The overall sunny, positive outlook of most Texans makes the Lone Star state stand apart. Take humblegunner as but one obvious example. :)
Mountains, deserts, piney woods, prairies, a million fresh water lakes for fishing, a thousand miles of coastline for saltwater fishing, offshore fishing, hunting lions, deer, elk, antelope, birds, and varmints.
West Texas Chuck, I have been in the same place. Panhandle of Texas...(Pampa). Nothing is more beautiful...except maybe over in the Hill Country during bluebonnet season!
To this day, the majestic topography of southwest Texas still inspires awe and wonder in me. If I died riding my mountain bike in Big Bend Ranch State Park, that would not be a bad thing.
And I like how people hold doors and say thank you. Other places don’t do that.
When I took Texas History in 7th grade, I was shocked to learn that everybody in the US didn’t take Texas History!