Travel: Deep in the heart of Texas...

I find my self at that stage in life where I am neither tied down by love, children, or work. These three components are not necessarily missing from my life, I'm just not grounded by any of the above at this time.  I say this so that you understand why it's so ghastly simple for me to respond: "YES." whenever He says: "I'm going *here* for *so long* and *do you want to go with?*".

So this time He opens with: "I have this thing in Texas..."
Well, I've never been to Texas. Count me in.

Now, I was only in Texas for a few days and it was for a high brow military ceremony so I didn't do much site seeing but let me just say that I have great affection for what I DID see. I can only describe Texas as "catching one's breath" in contrast to being in New York City only the weekend before. Everything moves at such a deliciously relaxed pace.  The people are kind and big hearted. The land is flat and stretches as far as the eye can see, and speckled by large, sprawling, cozy looking ranch houses.  There are plenty of horses and cows for your 3 year olds to imitate while driving through. The food is simplistic but bold, and instead of a chilly manhattan you're more than likely going to be handed a hard lemonade or frosty dark beer.  No one seems to be in a hurry and EVERYONE that is anyone has on cowboy boots.  There are plenty of educational things to do, should you feel so inclined. Being the art enthusiast that I am, I did manage to squeeze in a quick trip to the Kimbell museum for their atlantis exhibit which gets two thumbs up for sure.

I would love to go back and better cover the names of these notable activities and eateries. Hopefully on my next visit I can do this great state justice in my reporting/recording.

In closing, though slightly understated on the list of places to jet off to, Texas was warm and inviting. I look forward to seeing it again. And believe you me, next time I will not leave until I have BOOTS.