Endless Horizons

As I mentioned in yesterday's posting, I've been visiting my mom who lives in west Texas.  There's no easy way to get from where I live to where my mom lives.  It's not easy to fly there and it's equally not easy to drive there.

On the most recent visit I drove.  This is not brain surgery.  And there are parts of the drive that can be very interesting.

That said - there are parts of western Texas and eastern New Mexico that should bottle and sell a cure for insomniacs.  Initially when you see the endless vistas, it can be very interesting especially if it's your first time in this part of the country.  However, after several hours it can become, well, the equivalent of a giant geographical sleeping pill.

Granted, there are some very cool things to look at.  Since there's so much available space, there are a number of wind farms in and around Big Spring and Sterling City.  Up close they're rather hypnotic (in a good way).  Rather stately.

Please don't get me wrong - I'm not dissing west Texas and east New Mexico.  There's some gorgeous scenery and the people have always been uniformly pleasant.  It's just -- there's a whole lot of flat going on in some places.

Papillon