After a lovely Lubbock visit, the Betties and I hit the road once more, heading east and north through Texas. As previously noted, we saw classic ranch entrances whilst we traveled toward and through the panhandle.
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| Not Jenny's ancestral estate |
Throughout the mid-section of the United States, I have been struck by the beauty of the grasslands. The long, multi-colored grasses glimmer in the sunlight, unlike the not-quite-so-long, pretty-much-just-green grass of my front yard.
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Not the conventional floral beauty of Madeira and the Canaries,
but Texas nonetheless offers some pretty awesome scenery. |
I had never been in Oklahoma before! As per, I loved it. Big, broad, beautiful landscapes every which where, except in Oklahoma City, which seemed to stretch about 30 miles.
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| Not Jenny's ancestral home farm. |
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| Not Jenny's ancestral autumnal hill. |
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma is helping to preserve not only prairie dogs and bison, but also longhorn cattle. It's gorgeous and has great hiking trails.
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| Oh, give me a home... where the winds go sweeping down the plains... |
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Fuzzy! Wuzzy! I should have put Tishy and Jason in this
photo, so they could save George from goring. Bison
run fast. |
