TEXAS

ancient-one said:
Texas is really the southern part of Oklahoma. Just joking. I have been all over Texas and it is a fine state and the people are great. The worst thing about it is the traffic around Houston. You can go from the swamps to the desert in one state.
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And take most of a day doing it. :eek::cool:
 
ancient-one said:
Texas is really the southern part of Oklahoma. Just joking. I have been all over Texas and it is a fine state and the people are great. The worst thing about it is the traffic around Houston. You can go from the swamps to the desert in one state.
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Baja Oklahoma, according to favorite son, writer extraordinaire and famous Foat Wuthian Dan Jenkins.

In austin, we shut the schools merely on the THREAT of snow.

Having lived in Houston, I enjoy folks around here bitching about the traffic.
 
Harrison said:
I think it is as far from San Antonio to El Paso, as it is from El Paso to California.
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You may be correct on that. I remember it taking at least 12 or more hours to get from Kingsville through Van Horn in a 33 foot long mobile-home. We were heading for California and I recall it took 18 hours to cross the border out of Texas. We drove non-stop all night except for a meal and gas. This was back in 81--and the speed limit was still 55.

West Texas and that part of the State seems to go on forever. I thought we would never make it to New Mexico.
 
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Assigned to Lackland AFB, San Antonio 1968-71. Loved every minute of it, best three years of my AF career. If I couldn't be a Coloradoan I would be a Texan. I too wantn to be a Texas Ranger. If IRC, you had to be a native born Texan to be a Ranger. The Rangers are a great organization and great guys but the most Bada** guys I worked with were the Liquor Control guys.........tough doesn't begin to describe them.
 
The problem with driving through West Texas at night is the deer. The speed limit out there is 80 and the deer are everywhere at night. Sort of like grasshopper during a plague.
 
Jimmie, welcome to Texas. It's a big state with lots to see and do. If you get up to the Hill Country, stop in at Coopers in Llano. The place is authentic TX bar b q. You are going to see every kind of meat you can imagine smoked to perfection. No matter where you go, eat at as many places as you can. Food is one of our finest products!

You'd enjoy the Texas Ranger museum in Waco.

Out
West
 
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The best thing about Texas is thats where most of the Texans stay. LOL. Come to the real wild west where the gas station and lumber yard is also a gun store. Montana. Our little town has 1 grocery store and 3 gun stores and about 6 other guys with FFLs. The rifle range is way busier than the tennis courts.
 
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steelslaver said:
The best thing about Texas is thats where most of the Texans stay. LOL. Come to the real wild west where the gas station and lumber yard is also a gun store. Montana. Our little town has 1 grocery store and 3 gun stores and about 6 other guys with FFLs. The rifle range is way busier than the tennis courts.
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You can ALWAYS tell a Texan...you just can't tell them much! ;)
 
Texis---Gonna see that state if I live another 73 years. I seen more of some states in one day than I have Texas in 73 years.
I am with The Cajun on Speckled Trout and the Laguna Madre--If you want snow it is Amarillo Time--and if you can drive on that snow, ice and in that wind your next stop is a motor speedway.
Driving in Houston is easy---put the cruise control on 80 and just drive.
I made a 10 year trip to dallas a couple of weeks ago--I do it about every 10 years just to remember there is no reason to go to Dallas--and had the cruise on 90 just to keep up.
West Texas--during the day--is a good drive, keep the insurance up and lights on hi beam at night---slowing down helps some.
Big Bend is a good drive---I suggest not going anywhere on hwy 35--most dangerous road in the world. I hate to even cross it on an overpass.
Coopers in Llano is about the best place in the world for Ribs---I drive from Houston on occasion just for the ribs for lunch.
Driving in Texas is an art---just don't pay attention on how far anyplace is and just get out and go---300 miles is no distance.
My place to buy ammo is 100 miles away.
Hell, it takes me longer to get across Houston than it does from the other side of Houston to Austin.
You missed Austin during the 60's &70's and the World HQ's of the armadillo Club.
Now East Texas is another world---behind the pine curtain and a different breed of Cat's over there. Heck fire along the Sabine River is much akin to the Neuces Strip is in South Texas. Heck, the state built a hwy around the outskirts of San Augustine in the 50's and the County has yet to build a road to connect to it.
Folks are friendly--but they are pig headed and stand their ground if pushed.
Yep, one day I will see it all.
Blessings

PS--- I haven't gotten to Cut-n-Shoot or Apple Springs stories either.
 
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I hate to say this as most Texans have big enough heads as it is...But....Darn if you can't do it somewhere in Texas it probably ain't worth doing....I loved the music, the horses, the attitude and the folks. Well with the exception of Austin.....What a diverse state...Heck I even liked El Paso..........You are right that trip or drive fro El Paso to Dallas or points east is like going across some countries..I remember Cutter Bill's western store....I was in that store when some Suadis flew into Dallas spent mega bucks in the store and immediatly flew back to Suadi Arabia...The clerk told me things like that were not that uncomman. O well I had a ball when I was in Texas. A state where one of the biggist stock brokers and one of the biggist honky tonks share a name (Billy Bob)......Stores that sell basically just roping supplies..O yea Cutter Bill's a store named after a horse....Well then there is Austin..hard to believe.......
 
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timn8er said:
When I was a kid in San Antonio, my Mom would often bring me a doughnut from a bakery at the North Star Mall. It was the size of a dinner plate & delicious! I miss Texas & still plan to move back. I'm waiting for my lease to expire then I'm gone!
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I love San Antonio.....had Thanksgiving there several years ago with a delightful 4'th generation Military family that can trace their roots back to the Texas Revolution.
I remember the excellent Texas sized markets,with fresh tortillas ,the Alamo:) and the excellent little dives and restaurants....Too busy eating to notice any gun shops.
If I had my druthers...I'd move there in a second.
 
the ringo kid said:
You may be correct on that. I remember it taking at least 12 or more hours to get from Kingsville through Van Horn in a 33 foot long mobile-home. We were heading for California and I recall it took 18 hours to cross the border out of Texas. We drove non-stop all night except for a meal and gas. This was back in 81--and the speed limit was still 55.

West Texas and that part of the State seems to go on forever. I thought we would never make it to New Mexico.
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I've got a friend in El Paso who tells me that you ain't in West Texas unless you're on Mountain Standard Time.
 
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