I The next time you are making an approach over I-20 just waggle your wings. I may be on the road under you at the time. We have my mother and my mother-in-law both living in Big Spring and make trips between the metroplex and there fairly regularly. My wife will be taking her brother and mother home in a few days. When the strip opens back up, when you go out if they are running pro-mods look up the '67 vette of Gene Hector. He is from Big Spring and has run a 3.97 at 187 in the 1/8. Gary Prater is his clutch man and is part of our extended family. If you see him tell him I said hello. Gary was the engine man for Eddie Hills top fuel car for six years.
When Chris Rea wrote "Texas", he wasn't thinking of Dallas or Houston. "Warm winds blowin, heating blue skies, and the roads go on forever"
Pretty crazy the weather swings here..... Last sunday it was in the mid 80's and sunny and now we have 4 inches of snow on the ground. Sure made for a nice Thanksgiving to sit inside eating, drinking
My mom called about noon today and they had just come through Eastland heading toward the metroplex and she said it was snowing pretty hard and had been since Sweetwater. Crazy, crazy,crazy............84 on Tuesday and 34 on Thursday night.
I lived in Midland for five years (went to Lee High School), and it was no picnic, but it wasn't all bad. The good: Fun and easy to drive cars there, the streets are nice and wide, and a 110 mph blast onto the loop is exhilarating. Low humidity, so you don't sweat much in the 115 degree summers, though you might see some mirages on a long walk to the mailbox. Big enough that it's civilized. There's decent shopping (don't have to drive far to at least find Target or Walmart) and if you're bored, you can go bowling or swimming. The West Texas Cruisers was a nice car club, even though they have a bias towards 1950s, 60s, and 70s domestics. Grasslands and Greentree are both nice places to live and raise a family. I lived in Grasslands, and so far, that was actually my favorite neighborhood to live in. I used to ride my bike all over; it was fun. Compared to Dallas, the prices are much lower and more fair. Our house was 2400 or 2500 sq ft and only $160k. In Dallas, the same house would be $400k+, so it was much more affordable to live in Midland... if you can find a job outside of oil or natural gas! The ground squirrels make one of the cutest sounds you'll ever hear in your life. I miss hearing them... The bad: High winds make everything dirty. One time, I drove through a dust storm (that was unusually accompanied by simultaneous rain) so thick that I couldn't see 10 feet in front of me. And this was just on a trip home from Walmart, not in an open land area particularly. In general, the people there have a sour attitude, it's just the way most people are who live there. Very boastful of what they have and often condescending to the point of being rude. Not everyone is like that, but most are to some extent; it's almost Midland culture in my opinion, I'm sure some other Midlanders could agree. When I moved to Dallas, I had to deprogram that attitude/defense because people here don't express it. You'll never receive a compliment there that doesn't end with something to keep you from feeling too good about yourself LOL. Essentially, no exotic cars. You'll see some classic muscle cars driving around and quite a few Porsche Boxsters, but for all practical purposes, you shouldn't expect to see a single Lamborghini or Ferrari there unless you're the owner of it. If you own something exotic, every single person in town is going to know about it and know who it belongs to. You have to change your air filter every month just about. A house without its own water softener you add salt to, or its own RO unit is unlivable. Your dishwasher will chalk up as will your body over time I'd imagine. All in all, not a bad place to live, though I honestly don't miss the people or lack of things to do one little bit. (I attached a few random car show pics below as well as a picture of one of only 4 Vipers I ever saw while living there) Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
