Things learned in Texas

[AngieDoogles]

Those are funny Marilyn. No, I do not dislike Texas, but I guess there are probably some people who do. You can't please everyone, lol. I've actually never been to Texas, but it sounds like you really love it there. Maybe I'll have to go there some day just to see what it's like.

[Janet]

I've been to Texas and love it. I do have to say though, that some of the people I met were afraid more "yankees" were intending to move there. When I explained that I was just there for a visit, they were much nicer. That was about 20 years ago.

I went to a Beer Barn, Billy Bob's, and the grave site-s of Bonnie and Clyde. Great visit!!

[Chandra Amaya]

Originally Posted by Janet

I've been to Texas and love it. I do have to say though, that some of the people I met were afraid more "yankees" were intending to move there. When I explained that I was just there for a visit, they were much nicer. That was about 20 years ago.

I went to a Beer Barn, Billy Bob's, and the grave site-s of Bonnie and Clyde. Great visit!!

oh Bonnie & Clyde how very cool!! where in Texas is that?

[Chandra Amaya]

I've never been to Texas although I grew up wanting to be a cowboys cheerleader . I remember mom coming back from a training session for her carpet cleaning business (many years ago) & saying she didn't get to see anything except brown grass & lizards. I have a very good friend who lives in Amarillo. I may go visit her someday.

[Janet]

I went to visit a friend in Dallas for a week. It was great! I don't remember (slept since then) exactly where the graves are, if they are in Dallas or nearby. She took me to this place one evening that you could see the lights of Dallas and another city...I think Ft. Worth, but don't remember the other city for sure.

I did get to walk around the South Fork Ranch from the TV show Dallas. I only missed 2 episodes during the 13 year run. My favorite show!!

[Chandra Amaya]

Originally Posted by Janet

I went to visit a friend in Dallas for a week. It was great! I don't remember (slept since then) exactly where the graves are, if they are in Dallas or nearby. She took me to this place one evening that you could see the lights of Dallas and another city...I think Ft. Worth, but don't remember the other city for sure.

I did get to walk around the South Fork Ranch from the TV show Dallas. I only missed 2 episodes during the 13 year run. My favorite show!!

wow that sounds great. I think Amarillo is pretty far from Dallas but maybe I can get her to take a road trip if & when I get to go.

[Forgivenmom5]

Originally Posted by Chandra Amaya

I've never been to Texas although I grew up wanting to be a cowboys cheerleader . I remember mom coming back from a training session for her carpet cleaning business (many years ago) & saying she didn't get to see anything except brown grass & lizards. I have a very good friend who lives in Amarillo. I may go visit her someday.

Yeah I was doing so much training I didn't get to see anything. I really had a hard time breathing because of my asthma. It is not as bad now so maybe it would be better now. Janet, I used to watch Dallas all the time too. I would have loved to see South Fork.

[Marilyn]

Texas has such a variety of climates and landscapes, it's almost like the state is in fairly distinct sections. You can have a totally different impression than someone else who has visited depending on where you went.

We live in the coastal plains & can travel to either salt water bays or fresh water lakes easily. The people here either hunt, fish, ranch in their spare time. Many work for the chemical plants or in the oil and gas industry. The land is flat and the trees around here are predominately live oaks, pecan, mesquite and husache.

You can go to the piney woods of East Texas which looks a lot like Arkansas or northern Louisiana.

Central Texas is hill country with cedar trees, some large oaks & pecans in the river bottoms, beautiful and higher, dryer elevation than the coastal areas. San Antonio and Austin are the heart of this area.

The area between the coastal plains and hill country is goregous, gentle rolling hills with large oak trees and right now, fields of wild flowers.

West Texas has a lot of sand, semi-desert with few trees, lots of dust storms, some mountains. I have an uncle out there in Odessa who thinks it's beautiful. It's just not for me.

The Dallas area is nice, kinda a combination of the piney woods and the hill country.

The panhandle around Amarillo is also flat and pretty desolate while some areas are nice, it holds no appeal for me. The people are great out in the panhandle and in west Texas, some of the nicest people you could ever meet. We think that's because all they have out there is each other and their relationships, so they make good ones. They have a really neat accent out there, very strereotypical Texas accent, like in the movies.

Yes, I do love my state, but I also love to travel, and some of you live in some extremely beautiful areas. If my roots were not so deeply embedded in this area, the Carolinas are very tempting!!!

[Marilyn]

Oops, double post. Trying to delete.