Often when I’m coming back from Abilene by myself, I’ll talk to my friend, Sarah. There are several spots along the highway where there’s no cell service so she knows I’m going to disappear and she won’t be able to call me back for a while. Well, she can call me but my phone won’t ring! She always laughs and says “you must really be out in the middle of nowhere!” She says that every time! I laugh because I think how many people who have spent their lives in cities or even small towns . . they just don’t comprehend how much wide open space there is out here. No grocery stores. No gas stations. No bathrooms. No cell towers.
Yesterday evening Vince and I were going back to town and Sarah had texted me to ask if it was raining here. It was not but I took this picture (Vince was driving). This is the highway we live on.
Highway
There aren’t many houses out here. A funny thing is that in the six years that we’ve lived here, we’ve never seen a school bus on our highway. Just no school age children on this road. Several ranches that are 5,000+ acres, lots of retired folks. In fact, I think that from the intersection to the county line a few miles past us, Vince may be the only who isn’t retired on our side of the highway.
I miss Addie. I miss Chad. I miss Nicole but . . I’m not ready to leave here. I love it out here . . snakes and all. This is pretty much the life I’ve always dreamed of having . . living in the country with no close neighbors and not being able to see my house from the road. Nope . . not ready to leave Texas just yet.
Joyce says
gorgeous view!
Dotti says
Being content with what you have is one of the greatest gift we choose to receive. Love your adventures in Texas. You are truly a pioneer woman. I often think when I read your blog that you would have been one of the hearty souls that would have traveled through the country expanding the west. Yep, you are probably right where you are suppose to be. You just need to make a few more trips north during the year. Once every three months.
Dotti in CT
Lyndsey Mears says
Looks fabulous. I could do with some of your wide open space and no neighbours.
karenfae says
when we travel in our little motorhome that is the kind of areas we drive through – miles on end with nothing in sight but the scenery. We pull over when we need to use the bathroom or get something to eat – it is like this for so many places that we travel, from New Mexico, Texas up into Wyoming and Montana, Utah – we love it. My sister well say but aren’t you scared? of what! we have our tow car with us, if we run into engine trouble surely one of the vehicles will be working 🙂 we always fill up when we see a gas station when we know it will be nothing ahead for miles – we love it — not big parking lot campgrounds for us – hate them we like the small places
montanaclarks says
Yep–talking to a Verizon rep one day I said, “my phone won’t work here at home.” Her reply, “well, we need to get a service person out there to check your phone and service.” She didn’t get it–the nearest cell tower is a long way away over a mountain. But for the time being I wouldn’t have it any other way.
cassews says
Yep love the wide open spaces no one around for miles .. We take our side by side and trailer and just park somewhere on BLM land and just enjoy it …
cindy says
Funny, I lose my friend’s calls sometimes and she is on Long Island, New York, so it isn’t always the wide open spaces where that happens. I do enjoy road trips when I can get off the freeways and just mosey along and see what there is to see. Keep enjoying that life, Judy.