24.22 Guadalupe Peak, National Park of same name, West Texas.
Peak of Guadalupe in howling winds at American Airlines obelisk tribute. Texas's highest peak at 8,751 feet. We left Dallas after the family function heading for…we were not sure. Abilene, Big Springs, Sweetwater, Midlands and Frog town…sorry, Kermit and then we left Texas for the night reaching White’s City. The next morning we visited Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. We returned to Texas for a climb to Guadalupe Peak and then finished the week in Van Horn. Phew! We’re tired after that. You have to admire the Texans. Everything is bigger and better than anywhere else…well, the mountains are not. It would be a low blow should we make fun of their mountains and we certainly won't especially taking into account that which follows. Talking of towns, the small ones, sometimes we feel we're living in the setting of an early 20th century novel or movie. The contrast with the bigger towns and cities is remarkable; we could be anywhere in the world. At times, we have...