Lajitas (TX) takes wounding of its mayor seriously - (Mayor castrated in attack)

Austin American Statesman ^ | August 5, 2002 | Jim Yardley

[jdub]

"Guess you've never seen Palo Duro Canyon in the morning or antelope off the caprock. Marble Falls is a pretty neat place too. The sand dunes around Monahans was great place to go sand boarding as a kid I remember. And there is just something about the Big Country around Abilene, it just sort of draws you into it. You can stand on a slight rise and see nothing but miles of Texas, (the real Texas)."

Ok, now you've done it!! Don't blame me when those places you mention are crawling with New Yorkers whining about there not being a decent deli for 1000 miles. Do me a favor and don't go and tell them about the Hill Country, bluebonnets, the Guadalupe and Perdenales, the Frio, and all the other places that have too many visitors for my liking already. (If you haven't figured it out already, I LOVE Texas and all its landscapes)

[jdub]

yes, dear, but the less people that go there the better. As a displaced Texan living in TN, there is nothing I want more than to get back home. My wife is sick of our vacations consisting of BBNP, Fredricksburg in April, the family ranch at thanksgiving, and wherever else I can point out to her in TX Highways that I just HAVE to go visit again.

For all you other displaced Texans out there, if you don't already you need to subscribe to TX highways. At $17 per year, its a monthly dose of Texana that helps you get by.

[ladtx]

"...New Yorkers whining about there not being a decent deli for 1000 miles."

Never happen. That's why they're in New York and we're in Texas. Hard to have appreciation for it when you're standing there in the 110 degree heat and the sand is blasting your face. About one day's worth is enough to turn 'em around. General Sherman once said, "If I owned hell and Texas, I would rent out Texas and live in hell." Good, one less tourist.

[jdub]

i'd like the whole article too.

[Squantos]

He's just tryin to get yer "goat" !

Stay Safe & Regards from the Panhandle !

[MEGoody]

I hope they prosecute the guy who did this to the goat to the fullest extend of the law. This story is presented in a light hearted fashion, and that's okay. But that fool treated the goat in a very inhumane fashion and could have killed it.

[ladtx]

The Panhandle. My wife lived in Amarillo and worked for the AQHA while I was in Vietnam. My son lives in Lubbock now, (I know, it's technically not in the Panhandle, but close enough). He moved there from East Texas, now he says he'll never leave, except if his Reserve unit sends him somewhere.

[Squantos]

Yessir ! I retired in 96 from USAF/EOD and returned home.......

As my Daddy used to say, ...... The Panhandle of Texas is so flat you can stand on a five gallon bucket with a pair of binoculars and see the back of your own head.........

Stay Safe !

[COB1]

Actually for anyone other than Texans, the whole state is uninhabitable.
Everything here either bites, stings or cuts.....and that includes people.
It's an absolute horrible place to live unless you like to smell horse sweat, cowshit, cactus blooms and caliche dust; or hear ten trillion locusts, and nothing else, on a hot afternoon; or see sunsets that will make you miss the evening news on TV.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Like I wasn't already homesick enough.............

[humblegunner]

Poor Clay Henry! At least he was anesthetized..
Drove through Lajitas a time or two, but never met the Mayor.
Got lost outside Terlingua, but that's another story!

[deport]

Molly Ivans version of the Mayor's unfortunate event from back in April.... I'll just post the link rather than put her prose on the thread.....