WEST TEXAS, 2024 — Glorious, generous, gritty. Waylon Jennings and Tom T. Hall duet on the interstate. Did I make the right exit? Oh well.

A tour from Terlingua to Amarillo, forming a semi-circle around the first frontier. Big Bend billows from the Chisos Basin. Longhorn stradle their offspring and Juarez Mexicans walk across the border to work legally at Starr Western Wear. Quite a nice hat selection. Gypsum dust in the boots, and everywhere. How white can a white desert be, the camera decides for me.

I pray you get to witness the vivid spirit of West Texas, just don't forget your way back home.