show and tell

A partial list of Texas cities and towns that I've seen in the last week:

Lubbock
Waco
Crawford
Abilene
Amarillo
Dumas
Texline
Dalhart
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Acme
Waxahachie

Things I've seen that I never otherwise would have seen:

Unit trains on the BNSF traveling faster than we could drive
Mass production cattle farms
Wind generator turbines as far as the eye can see
An entire world of coordinated flashing red lamps atop the wind turbines
Winching a 4x4 Jeep Cherokee out of 25" of snow on a gravel road
Deer poop
Pine tree killed by pine beetles
Pine tree infested by pine beetles

Things I've done that I never otherwise would have done:

Turned off my cell phone for three days
Winched and driven a 4x4 out of 25" of snow
Off-roaded
Walked around on a mountain