If you should find yourself in Midland, Texas, the hometown of George W and Laura Bush, looking for something interesting to do, check out the Petroleum Museum. Driving through the central US, you can't help but notice the zillions of "crickets," or gas/oil pumping gizmos operating in fields. These things up close are HUGE! We also saw and took pics of drilling rigs and .. just all kinds of oil-related stuff. Fun museum. There was even a fine gallery of paintings depicting the early oil-exploration and drilling in the Permian Basin.
After that, we found a grocery and laid in some supplies, so that we'd be able to have dinner tonight! A little further down the road (about 3 hours), we landed at the Abilene KOA, where we are tonight. A pretty little campground, this is one at which I've stayed twice before!
For those of you who are craving Janee-photos, here are some!
These are from Carlsbad Caverns:
Here are some shots from the Hubbard Museum in Ruidoso Downs, NM:
And here are some little green men from Roswell, NM:
and some other photos from Roswell:
Terlingua's Ghost Town offered some fun photography opportunities:
So.. whatdya think? Sorry about the graphic nature of the alien photos, but.. I only report what I see!
I knew you could come up with some little green men ;-)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are having a lot of fun. Wish we were with you. When you get to Jack's family you will have to post a bunch of pictures of them. Looks like you found a nice camp ground. Watch out for cattle stampedes when the cattle drives come to town ;-)
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Nice pics. I thought you might have gone for lunch with your best buds, Dubya and Laura!
ReplyDeleteWhat's that tail thingy hanging over Jack's head when he's driving???? (chuckling)
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