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RE: Place to stop when travelling between Austin and Santa Fe
by laketraveller 11 April 2012
It depends upon what you're looking for. There's not much between Austin and Lubbock and if all you need is a city to spend the night…
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RE: Should the childless pay more tax?
by goldfinger 20 February 2012
Not rigs, West Texas. The guy dropped out of university to be a roughneck (for the money.)
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RE: Should the childless pay more tax?
by RayCCroc 19 February 2012
>(not over 65, I mean physically too old. How old is physically too old to be a roughneck?) I know a bloke who roughnecked offshore until…
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RE: 4000 miles in a month. too much?
by ianw6705 10 February 2012
+The mere fact of being able to drive from, say, West Texas to Southern California in a single long day doesn't make doing so any less…
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RE: 4000 miles in a month. too much?
by markharf 10 February 2012
I've driven a thousand miles in a day: it's not hard. What's hard is doing it again the following day. I've done that, too. OP, you've…
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RE: Your country.
by RayCCroc 06 February 2012
You used to "bot" a cigarette or "fag" in Australia. Presumably derived from the parasitic botfly. My little hometown had some "famous"…
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RE: Off the beaten track ideas for coast to coast USA trip?
by West2East2012 01 January 2012
Thanks a lot for all the advice, greatly appreciated! In terms of when we are looking to travel, it will most probably be October through…
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RE: Anything like Trekamerica (winter camp tour in West America)
by CascadeBob 19 December 2011
The Sierra Club and REI have some winter camping trips, but these are backpacking trips in the American sense of the word (packing your…
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RE: L1-A US Visa
by EM_Guero 31 October 2011
+Texas means rodeos and bull riding+ West Texas, maybe.
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RE: Wild Pig
by LemonFreshScent 27 October 2011
I'm 100% sure it's wild hog (or boar, whatever want to call it.) The reason why I say this because a.) I don't think people even eat…
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RE: I think I've finally built up the nerve to watch this film.
by Voy 16 October 2011
when I used to drive across West Texas I would talk to the cows! and greet those little niddy noddy oil thingys as harbingers of civilizatio…
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RE: I think I've finally built up the nerve to watch this film.
by LemonFreshScent 16 October 2011
Just for clarification, I like West Texas. If I didn't I wouldn't go out there. I just get a bit paranoid because it's so remote. …
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RE: I think I've finally built up the nerve to watch this film.
by section8 16 October 2011
West Texas is the only part of that state that I like. Well, "like" might be a bit too positive a descriptor.
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I think I've finally built up the nerve to watch this film.
by LemonFreshScent 16 October 2011
No Country For Old Men. I couldn't watch it before. West Texas is freaky enough without thinking about sociopathic killers on the loose…
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RE: The south
by EM_Guero 15 September 2011
+people from the south don't generally wear Wranglers, big belt buckets, and drive huge pick-em-trucks+ I don't either. Austin is a long…
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Re: Texas - Lesbian couple traveling Dallas area Fall (Oct-Nov) Tips?
by twinkl 11 August 2011
Dallas does have some good art. So does neighboring Fort Worth. You could consider heading west, to Marfa, a small town with packed with…
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Wildfires in Southwest
by trekker502 15 June 2011
*This thread is for providing information about current serious wildfires in the US Southwest. You can see locations of current fires…
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Weather Warnings? - New Mexico or Arkansas last weekend of april 2011
by eshwar 26 April 2011
Hi everyone, I'm currently based out of Fort Worth, Texas and am planning a 3 day road-trip to some offbeat places -- something with…
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RE: Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX
by CascadeBob 13 April 2011
There are a number of short day-hikes into the Guadalupes along the highway between El Paso and Carlsbad Caverns. Any of those would…
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Re: Looking for some place lonely...
by mathewbracken 29 November 2010
In beautiful. Willysnout, I believe the county in Texas you're referring to is Loving County in West Texas.
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RE: Winging it on Public Transport
by mrpenney 27 October 2010
Has the OP looked into the passes for train and bus? They may save some money--perhaps quite a bit of money. It is true that for some…
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RE: Texas questions
by montereyjack 04 October 2010
I went to Terlingua for the 2nd chili cookoff back in '69. It started as a feud between Caroll Shelby (Shelby Ford race cars) and H.…
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RE: Buying a car in Canada and driving to the USA
by Karlo 28 September 2010
If you'd be willing to spend $4,000 for an old beater as #6 suggests, you'd be crazy to rent. Rather than spending over $1,300 a month…
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RE: Buying a car in Canada and driving to the USA
by Karlo 27 September 2010
Don't! There's no part of this that's a good idea. If you're over 25, and have UK insurance coverage that will cover you in a rental car…
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RE: Looking for some place lonely...
by laketraveller 18 September 2010
Willysnout, I believe the county in Texas you're referring to is Loving County in West Texas. It's around 700 square miles and doesn't…
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