Ten things I Miss About Texas

...now that I'm stuck here in Washington State.

For some reason, God with his infinite sense of humor has placed me far from home under gray, cold and dripping skies. I miss the big old sprawling, boisterous and beautiful state of Texas where I was born and spent most of my life. Here are some of the things I miss about home.

1. Texas sunsets and fields of bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrushes
2. Canoeing Texas Rivers
3. Sailing Texas lakes (we have actual wind there)
4. Blue Northers (being that suddenly cold makes you know you are alive)
5. The Alamo (Texas's #1 sacred place)
6. Chuy's Mexican Restaurant  (Austin, Dallas and Tyler)
7. Buffalo Creek Barbecue (Cleburne)
8. Dinosaur Valley State park (Glen Rose)
9. The San Jacinto Monument, Battlefield and the Battleship Texas (Texas's #2 sacred place) 
10. Watching Tornadoes go past and miss me altogether (you know your angel is there beside you at times like these) 

There are lots of other things about Texas I like. Big Bend Country, the wide open spaces of West Texas, the Big Thicket, historic Austin, Ft. Worth Children's Museum and Planetarium, The San Antonio Riverwalk. Shakespeare in the Park in Fort Worth, The Caddo Indian Mounds, The North Texas Irish Festival, Padre Island, Jefferson River Port, Joe T. Garcia's Mexican Restaurant in Fort Worth, and Longhorn Caverns just to name a few. I love my state.

© 2016 by Tom King