yay sun X3
Of course, we will be without potable water by 24 h in 3 h more. Was very predictable
Of course, we will be without potable water by 24 h in 3 h more. Was very predictable
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Rockport, Texas. I live on the Laguna Madre, the inland side of Padre Island. Corpus Christie is about 40 miles to the south. This is a fishing village turned resort and retirement community. There are very few high points for miles. Padre Island has a spine of dunes, we are salt flats. Sport fishing is the big thing here.
I have a super stereotyped image of Texas, honestly XD TV fault
Lot of petrol camps (as here) , desert (as here) , Cactuses (i wish we have XD) and full of people carriying 4 guns with them (plus 18 more at home) XD I can`t think in sea and beach when i think in Texas x3
Lot of petrol camps (as here) , desert (as here) , Cactuses (i wish we have XD) and full of people carriying 4 guns with them (plus 18 more at home) XD I can`t think in sea and beach when i think in Texas x3
Oil, desert, and cactus, yes. Pine trees, mountains, rivers, high technology and industry. Arts, music, film and theater. And- many people armed and heavily armed. Most of us do not carry weapons but that is a luxury afforded by living in such a well ordered community. Crime is rampant in the bigger cities. But Padre Island, once part of the King Ranch, is the vacation spot for many Texans. But I understand what you mean, I do not think of vacations villas and sparkling, endless ocean when I think of this state either. But there it is, some 800 miles of it.
Also, I do not own a gun any more. I don't hunt and spend my money on guitars and good red wine.
Also, I do not own a gun any more. I don't hunt and spend my money on guitars and good red wine.
That is a lot of sheep. Sheep farming is not big in Texas and used to cause all out war between the ranchers and the sheepmen. Yes, lots of cows and horses. The pasture I lived in outside of Austin was in the middle of a horse community. I used to eat breakfast in my trailer with two horses and a donkey watching my every move twenty feet away. But Argentina is a huge beef producer, is it not? My stereotype of Argentina is Guachos, bolos and mate!
I did forget Tango! What an awesome dance form that is. I never think of futbol or football or any team sport. I know more about the Chaco war than the Dallas Cowboys, and that is no joke. (Dallas Cowboys are a Football team. A Dallas cowboy, while much rarer than formerly, raises horses). I have often wanted to take a jeep along the length of the Pan American highway starting from here. Right now Mexico is far too dangerous to travel. And that is too bad because it is very beautiful.
Yes, and it is fascinating how hard that struggle was. It is virtually unknown in the English speaking world, I stumbled on it while reading about a different war. Although Paraguay was heavily outnumbered, they handled things very well. Both were landlocked and denied military equipment by the League of Nations. The Chaco sounds like fighting on the moon.
I find little known conflicts very interesting. I live about 70 miles from Goliad. It has been in 6 wars, making it the most fought over place in North America. Sited by the Spanish, it is a completely intact mission that looks a great deal as it must have when it was built. It is famous for James Fannin surrendering to Santa Anna without a fight. Fannin is lauded as a hero, I regard him as a coward. The mission was intact, heavily supplied with powder, food and artillery and had 400+ soldiers. The Alamo held out for two weeks with about 180 men, some powder, and little food. And the Alamo was decayed and far too large to defend. At the time Santa Anna surprised everybody by moving his army through South Texas, which is pretty inhospitable now, never mind then.
I love history and very much enjoy visiting battlefields. Someday I would like to go to Europe and see Waterloo battlefield. I also wish to tour Dien Bien Phu but the idea of spending money in Vietnam makes me sick.
I know very little South American history and am trying to make up for that.
I find little known conflicts very interesting. I live about 70 miles from Goliad. It has been in 6 wars, making it the most fought over place in North America. Sited by the Spanish, it is a completely intact mission that looks a great deal as it must have when it was built. It is famous for James Fannin surrendering to Santa Anna without a fight. Fannin is lauded as a hero, I regard him as a coward. The mission was intact, heavily supplied with powder, food and artillery and had 400+ soldiers. The Alamo held out for two weeks with about 180 men, some powder, and little food. And the Alamo was decayed and far too large to defend. At the time Santa Anna surprised everybody by moving his army through South Texas, which is pretty inhospitable now, never mind then.
I love history and very much enjoy visiting battlefields. Someday I would like to go to Europe and see Waterloo battlefield. I also wish to tour Dien Bien Phu but the idea of spending money in Vietnam makes me sick.
I know very little South American history and am trying to make up for that.
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