okay, i know, i know, i've lived in central texas my whole life......i should be used to the weather, the non-winter days and nights in november when i'm still turning on my A/C. But then there was that halloween that we all froze in our tights, dressed as black cats, we felt safe as it was 85degrees just two days before. yes, i've lived here all my life...its not a bad thing...its just, well there have been times that i serious lament having lived my ENTIRE life within a 50 mile radius! i detest the thought of going to my grave having never experienced living somewhere else; not that another place would be better but it would be DIFFERENT. even moving to another part of the state would be a change especially in a state as big and diverse as texas - lets see, there's the coast, there's west texas with mountains [okay, large hills to our neighbors in the rockies], there's the panhandle with more cows than outlet malls [so i've heard, never been there] and they get snow! AND one mustn't forget the 'armpit' of texas, the loud, dirty, HUGE metro named houston. and of course, even if i did move out of state, i know that in my heart, i would always make my way back to texas, it is my home and home to my family....... perhaps at some time in the future, i will be able to travel a bit and take my children so they can experience the world beyond the IH35 corridor between austin and san antonio....... i have tried - we sent our daughter to new york city the spring break of her 8th grade year, i'm still trying to get to the davis mountains!
photo credit:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/parkguide/rgn_bb_008.phtml
