Where we live

Well......
Snyder, Texas is where the desert begins in earnest - about the 20 inch/50 cm rainfall per year line that is at about 100 degrees longitude in the US. We're located about halfway between Fluvanna and Wastella. Maybe "halfway between Roby and Gail" is more useful? I feared as much....We're at the center of the triangle formed by Abilene, Midland, and Lubbock, and we must drive 80 miles/130 km to one of them to go to a decent bookstore or find an imported beer. (We did, however, vote in the possibility of buying a legal beer here this spring.) Population is maybe 65% Anglo, 30% Hispanic, and 5% everyone else. Industries are oil production, cotton and cattle growing, and prisons. Politics are spooky - 82% for Bush in this county last election. It snows most winters, the wind blows most of the spring, and it's hot - 100F/40C - in the summer. We do have nice dark skies for astronomy, and lots of open spaces, though.

And it's still another 250+ miles to Dalhart!!