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- The endless Texas horizon
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- The fancy tornado bunker/rest stop
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- Doesn’t look so big? Just wait!
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- Wait for it…
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- Wait for it…
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- Holy spa-goly! Look at it dwarf that huge church!
The last few days have been punctuated by dry, flat plains, scrubby bush-trees not yet ladened with green leaves and churches. So many churches! We spent most of yesterday truckin through Oklahoma (not my favorite state so far) trying not to get weirded out by the many, and might I say boring looking, churches.
Stop here if you attend church and don’t want to be offended!
It is truly scary at how many churches there are and how little of anything else. No libraries or skating rinks; very few community centers and very few outlets for youth or anyone else. It’s not surprising that a majority of the country is so closed-minded; there isn’t much to open a mind! I commend those who make it out with open minds! Good job to the youth who look beyond the fifty churches if Christ to see the WHOLE rest of the world. At one point I thought about just driving right through the next boring, white “Church of Christ” that I saw. But I didn’t want to be chased out of town by pitch forks and fire…
Oh, and the billboards stating, “You call it abortion, God calls in Murder!” No thanks! I think “God” doesn’t give a crap about it! But that’s just a sinners perspective. My favorite so far was, “Jesus Christ is not a swear word!” Dang, what am I going to say now? And I’m sorry if I’ve offended anyone, but I had to say it!
Anyway, having said that, the plains are beautiful even if they are sparse in greenery and open minds. At one point we stopped in at the largest, most fancy rest stop we had seen (in Texas). It was a huge glass and metal structure tucked into the side of a hill. We thought it was a bit over kill for a rest stop but then understood when we saw the signs onside stating, “Tornado Shelter.” It felt safe inside.
We also saw the “Largest Cross in the Western Hemisphere!” It was large, scary and we hoped a tornado would come by and take it down a notch. At least that one in Brazil is pleasant to look at. This thing resembled a large piece of machinery.
We’re headed to the Cadillac Ranch after I post, which should prove to be a more pleasant metal sculpture. It consists of several Cadillacs stuck nose down into the dirt that visitors are allowed to paint on. Yeah! We’re headed to a paint store on our way there!
Until my next post, loves and hogs!
