I rode through this area this past summer.
As a guy from the Northeast, the rigs reminded me of something out of War of the Worlds. Big machines, just pumping on and on, over and over.
It was eerie to see it go one for miles and miles on both sides of the road.
And Midland was just a huge mess of temp housing and lousy hotels.
Just a crazy experience.
Driving north out of Iowa on I-35 into Minnesota. Just below the border are over 100 massive wind mill electric generators.
I grew up in Garden City about 35 miles to the east of Midland on Highway 158. I hardly recognize the place anymore. The boom has changed it a lot.