PSA

[ramblin_rosie]

Not directed at anyone particularly, but prompted (sort of) by a couple of posts on fanficrants: for anybody who needs help picturing travel times in the US in general and in Texas in particular, I offer this bit of anonymous rhyme that, I can attest from long experience, is still true even in the age of the automobile and the interstate highway system and 70-mph speed limits between towns:

The sun has riz,
The sun has set,
And here we iz
In Texas yet.

Comments

[auntmo9.livejournal.com]

I've seen some of those posts on fanficrants and I just shook my head.

We drove from St Louis to southern Colorado earlier this year over the course of two long days. Just driving across Kansas seemed to take forever. Going east isn't must better, especially where Tennessee is concerned. I can't even imagine driving across Texas in any direction. I have only driven down into to Dallas from here, so I know that is a mere taste of the state.

[ramblin_rosie]

For our family, from here to STL (or vice versa) is usually a two-day drive. Back in the late '80s, it used to take 11 hours or so to drive from our house near Houston to my grandparents' house in West Texas; it might take less than that now that the speed limit's been raised, but according to Bing Maps, taking I-10 from the Louisiana border to El Paso would take a little over twelve hours *if* you didn't stop.
Texas: it's bigger than France. ;D

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Preach it, sister!

[ramblin_rosie]

Hee!

Hey, are y'all going to Fort McKavett in March? I've been invited by a friend here, and I haven't decided whether to go yet.

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard of that one. What is it?

[ramblin_rosie]

West Texas Heritage Days.