Two Days in Texas

Sancerres at Sunset

The Texas plains are different from the South Dakota plains a thousand miles to the north, with more green trees and fewer blue lakes, and peppered with oil drills. 

But the sky is the same, big and blue and open, with white cotton-candy clouds tapering toward the horizon.

I entered through the border city of El Paso, verified my U.S. citizenship at a checkpoint, and drove on toward my first voluntary stop in the Lone Star State.

George W. Bush Childhood Home in Midland

In 1951, George H. W. Bush paid $7,000 for a home for his wife Barbara, daughter Robin, and son George W. 

Today, the Midland house is a mishmash of historic house and museum. Some rooms are recreated as they would have appeared while the Bushes lived there. The living room is 1950s middle America.

Southfork Ranch

My Dad loved Dallas. Maybe it offerred a welcome escape after a long week of supporting our family at a Boston insurance company. 

At 5,900 square feet, it’s hardly humble, but the rooms seem smaller than they did on the TV show.

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