Amarillo by morning
Up from San Antone
Everything that I’ve got
Is just what I’ve got on
When that sun is high
In that Texas sky
I’ll be bucking at the county fair
Amarillo by morning
Amarillo I’ll be there
-George Strait
This morning I woke to the news of wild grassfires on the northern end of Amarillo. We could see the black burning smoke (which means that is a home on fire) from the front verandah. The wind here has been especially fierce today and this has fanned those fires, even though everything is under control now. For us, bushfires are such a summer occurence it is just plain hard to understand how a few weeks ago it could be just about zero, yet there are fires, then there was snowfall here and now… more fires again. There has even been tornado touchdowns near the OK border. Argh.
This time tomorrow, I will be at LAX waiting for time to pass until I can get on the LA-MEL flight and be back in my own bed. It has been an interesting trip to say the least – the past two weeks seem somewhat wasted so I’ll just have to make up for it another time. Anyway, I need to come back for another Taco Bell fix. Bring on the bean burritos!