Don’t Mess With Texas

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Don’t Mess with Texas!

Once we say that Texas is big,  one has to keep in mind that everything is larger : Trucks , skies, plates, steaks, men, hats, and hairdos.
We could put some sort of cruise  control on each one of these, since everyone of them seems to never end, just like the desert along the Interstate 10. I love the desert, its emptiness and expensiveness.  Even time seems to be stretching  until  the moment our eyes are meeting a few houses here in Van Horn .
Tonight  I am taking you near the border , North of Del Pasos. A small town comprised of one main street, Van Horn is nested between the highway,  and   the Pacific Railway. The facades are pretty much the ones we can see in  Western towns. One striking thing, is that everything is empty. Abandoned. So coming out of  the desert, you are entering another sterile land, out of time.

The beauty of it is that you can easily cross the large main street, even lie down there, and stare at the sky. While moon gazing, once  in a while, a car, a pick up, or a truck shows up. Slowly.  In a ghostly way. That gives you a special sense of space, no?
Despite this feeling of scarcity, there are numerous motels along the streets.  Some of them of course, are empty.  However,  few of them  are brand new.
Why?   How do they expect to make a living here?
I discover that, according to the Wall Street Journal, Jeff Besos, the founder of Amazon bought 290.000 acres  here in 2006.  The project of Blue Origins should  starts commercial operations in the space as soon as 2012.  Vertical take off: Here. The New Shepard  will carry two or three men to the edge of space for some tourism. Five tests have already been done.

So the Motels are probably getting  ready to welcome some space walker.
This makes  me  even closer to the moon tonight .

Have a good night!