[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)

[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.