Messin' (Around) With Texas

In windy Amarillo, where the camera blew me out of frame

Behold, Texas! A really big state with lots of flat and vast fields of dirt, sagebrush, and cattle. There's a good amount of stucco. And proud bumper stickers. Did I mention the dirt? But really, I enjoyed my time in the Lone Star State, especially the Mexican culture that paints the Southern half of the state with wonderful music, food and kind folks. It's damned windy, to the point of giant clouds of dust making its way across the plains and into your eyes, which are already blind from the bright sun and dry from the desert climate. And I couldn't stop singing George Strait's famous hit "Amarillo by Morning," which I discovered from a Spike Jonze video of the same name.

I also got to drop by "Prairie Dog Town," in Lubbock, TX. It was really boring, but those darned rodents sure were cute!

A happy Mikey at Prairie Dog Town in Lubbock, TX

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link to video here

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