November 19, 2007
New Salem, TX
Today was an uneventful driving day, unless you're Maya Lynn. We got an early start and drove exactly as planned. At our first rest stop, we walked the pups and Maya got a load of burrs stuck in her fur and paws. I have no idea how she got so many (probably 30+) and Merlin got essentially none, since they walked in the same grass. She was having a lot of discomfort, and it took 10 minutes to find and remove all the burrs from her, and from my pants legs.
We drove right through the heart of Texas oil country (Odessa and Midland). It doesn't help with prices, of course. The truck stops right around the Midland refinery don't even display their prices (around $3.29 for diesel) on their big neon signs. Chickens.
As we continued east, the oil fields gave way to cotton fields (just like around Phoenix). We saw a couple of large wind farms for electricity generation, one operating and one under construction. It was ironic to see alternative energy installations i nthe shadow on an iconic image of big oil. On the other hand, we've seen absolutely no sign of biodiesel or ethanol. Too bad...
We're stopping for the night just west of Ft Worth, and we'll leave pre-dawn to get past Dallas before traffic gets too bad.
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