Are there any Neanderthals in the Midland Odessa Texas area?
Are there any Neanderthals in the Midland Odessa Texas area?
Does it help if I grew up in Odessa?
I'm in the greater Austin area and drive through the Midland-Odessa area a few times a year for my "out West" camping runs. Does that count?
David
I had a feeling there might not be any traditional woodworkers around here, my hopes are still up though... a little...
Grew up here off and on, just bought a house so might be a while before I pack up and leave lol. I know there are not many hand tool guys but it sure seems like a lot when you use google or get on here.
"West Texas" is a big area.... I'm in the Hill Country west of San Antonio.
Regards,
Andy
Hi Blake,
I'm up in the panhandle. We are about a 3 hour drive from Lubbock, going north. I met a young fellow at an estate sale here in town a bit over a week ago, that is interested in hand tool woodworking, and we were both in a hurry, so I didn't get his name.....wish I would have. He is the only person I have met out here that is interested in hand tool woodworking.
Stew
Isn't Heritage School of Woodworking right down the road in Waco? Maybe they know folks out your way.
This brings a chuckle. Either you are a West Texan and use to the vast size of Texas, where you think nothing of a 350 mile trip "just down the road apiece". That was a normal fishing trip when I was growing up. Or you have never thought about the size of Texas. Back again to my youth, there was a popular post card that said "The sun has rize and the sun has set and here I is in Texas yet".
Odessa to Waco is 350 miles.
The one most people have done is Orange, TX to Anthony, TX and it is 877 miles (about 14 hours of driving) but Texas is wide as well. From Brownsville, TX to Texline, TX is 922 miles. East-west, north-south, you can almost complete a Saddle Sore 1000 IBA ride in a straight line across Texas. BTW, California folks have some serious miles as well, from San Diego, CA to Brookings, OR is 874 miles. The difference with CA is it isn't miles and miles of "nothing" but then I-5's road condition is about as bad as it gets.
I'll leave Alaska for another time.
I'd invite Blake over to my shop but it is 600 miles of desert driving from Odessa to Tucson.
ken
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I like to ride my motorbike out that way every couple of years. When you're from Canada West Texas is very exotic.
Maybe someday I'll move out to the Hill Country, if nothing else there are trees there. I'm two hours from anything, and 4 hours from anything different. Any and all trips we take are kinda long. lol
Chris with tongue only slightly in cheek I called I-10 TBMRITS (The Best Motorcycle Road In The States). I did many IBA rides using all or most of I-10. To this day I can point out the IBA motels where I have stopped for a couple of minutes rest and it is most of 'em.
Blake, I hope you can. The boss and I talk about doing the same but I expect it is just talk in our case.
ken