Well we left “San Somewhere” heading for “San Somewhere Else” deep in the heart of Texas. We were heading for Paint Rock through torrential rain on a promise of petroglyphs. Well that didn’t eventuate, as the petroglyph custodians had their answering machine on.

At Odessa we discovered the true meaning of “West Texas Crude”. In short, it is thousands of derricks covering the landscape of Texas like so many mosquitos sucking the precious liquid from the substrate twenty-four seven to feed the ever-increasing need for oil. The sulphurous smell has to be snorted to be properly appreciated.

Mighty pretty country around Odessa

Nice Art…… Hmm!

At San Angelo we encountered a sheep fetish second only to New Zealand.

Boots And All

At Wink (childhood home of Roy Orbison) we discovered the Roy Orbison museum (open by appointment only). Roy was born in Vernon Texas by the way.

Roy has left the building. He left in 1988 actually

It’s been a long day.