Central Texas

We left Midland, TX early this morning and headed east.

The landscape changed dramatically the further we went. There were many oil wells around Midland, and most of the businesses seemed to be involved in oil production and transportation. The land was dry, flat and covered in low brush.

We passed a very large refinery on I-20. The smell reminded me of North Jersey...!

When we reached Sweetwater, Texas there were farms and rolling hills. The most unusual thing, however, was hundreds - maybe thousands - of giant windmills. I don't know if they belong to ol' T. Boone Pickens or what, but they were everywhere. They are also very ugly.

Doc and I spit up and went our own ways around noon.

I took a detour north to avoid the main Dallas - Fort Worth area, and cut up through Eastland, Breckenridge, Graham, and Jacksboro, TX. They are very interesting little towns. There is an old Army Cavalry post just outside of Jacksboro called Fort Richardson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Richardson,_Texas) and I have a few shots of those.

Made it as far as Denton, TX tonight, and will head into Arkansas tomorrow.

Mike