Subject: Re: [Homestead] 7 days and I am really counting
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:05:05 -0700
Many libraries have free WiFi and the state of Texas is putting it in some
rest stops.
That triggers one of my Texas rants. Since buying the first 90 Ozarks'
acres in 1977, I have made many road trips between California and Missouri,
typically crossing Texas on I-40 but also the southern route. Texas has the
fewest rest stops per road miles of any state I have traversed. Where other
states would have rest stops with full facilities, Texas has picnic stops
with concrete tables, sometimes with a cover, no toilet facilities, not
even a wall to stand behind. Rest stops just inside Oklahoma and New Mexico
borders are always crowded with anxious travelers. I have mused on the
philosophy and concluded that they want you to hurry to a restaurant and
spend money. One more indication of the pro-business,
to-hell-with-the-common-people political attitude of Texas politicians.