My wife spent ages 5-12 in the Texas Panhandle. You can pretty much see forever out there, or at least until the horizon runs out.
A friend of my wife moved from near Amarillo to Lamar County. She and her husband convinced her mother to visit North Texas. As they were driving in North Texas in a tree-filled area, the woman said to her mother, "Isn't the land lovely, Mom?"
Her mother replied, "I don't know. I can't see it for all these trees."
A few minutes ago I took a Google tour of Hamburg, North Dakota, population 11 as of the 2020 census. Quite a few ground-level photographs. Nice-looking place. Only a few trees.
I feel that way at times myself in Kansas City having lived in or near Amarillo for about 40 years before moving.
ReplyDeleteMy wife had a job interview in Pampa in the mid 1990s. I had never been to the Panhandle. The land exceeded my expectations. The job offer did not include a salary sufficient for us to pack up and move from NE Texas. All three kids were still in school, as well.
ReplyDeleteI have a granddaughter with her husband and kids living in Pampa. Another in Amarillo. I went to school in Panhandle unit 11th grade.
ReplyDeleteThe visibility was great when storm spotting back in the pre-Twister movie days. I saw many tornadoes over the years I lived there.
Until, not unit. Fat fingers strike again!
ReplyDeleteFF: My wife said one of the most enjoyable things was looking out her bedroom window at night, marveling at the huge sky sprinkled with uncountable stars.
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