These past few weeks I’ve spent a lot of time driving around Texas, and I’m glad because I had forgotten how rustically, beautiful Texas can be. South Texas and the valley seem to have an endless supply of mesquite trees, cacti, shrubbery, and palm trees (depending on where you are). And despite the draught that we find ourselves in, it’s still very green—completely different from west Texas, which has a beauty all its own.
I drive with the windows down, 100+ degree heat beating on my arms. A two-lane highway where you have to speed up to 90mph in order to pass the large 18-wheelers that travel in front of you. But then? Then it’s miles before you see another car, and you are driving down a tunnel of greenery with the big Texas sky laid out before you. Clouds graze the sky like cows in open fields.
I hope everyone finds the peace and comfort that I do when driving through Texas. And despite my complaints about Texas having a horrible public transportation system, I am actually glad to have a car at times so that I can speed down the lanes with nothing but blue skies in front, and a long traveled road behind.
