Is Texas part of the Southwest? What do you think? You can put your answer in the comments below. Personally, I think it can be counted as part of the Midwest.
After traveling through Texas, we arrived in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Our campground was 18 miles away from any "major" civilization, so we had to travel a ways to get anywhere. This made for some really great views and a lot of visible stars at night. The main purpose of our stop in Carlsbad was to visit Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Now recall, if you will, what was closed in January. The government. And if the government's closed, then the National Parks are closed. So, sadly, we were unable to visit the caverns. One thing in Carlsbad that we did get to enjoy was the Living Desert State Park. This museum/zoo was a neat facility on a mountain overlooking Carlsbad. We saw a variety of creatures such as a bobcat and a javelina (think of a boar) who, unlike most animals in zoos we've been to, moved around, which made it very neat. Other than the Living Desert State Park, we were able to stay at our campground while in Carlsbad. After Carlsbad, we moved to Alamogordo, New Mexico. This is near White Sands National Monument, which was also technically closed due to the government shutdown. I say "technically" because there was an area that you could enter the monument without going through the main gates. White Sands, if you haven't seen the Stories Behind the Pictures post, is a National Park full of sand dunes made from gypsum. We borrowed some orange disc sleds from our campground office to sled down the dunes. There were some dunes that were about 30 feet high! Across from our campground was a huge pistachio farm. We took a tour of it, and learned that it had 12,000 pistachio trees! Another neat fact about the farm was that in their front parking lot was the world's largest pistachio! Granted, it wasn't edible, but it's still neat to see a 35 foot high concrete pistachio! We visited a great state, and enjoyed our time there. So back to my question: Is Texas a part of the West? -Woodsman Will- And back to my question... Is Texas in the west?
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Seb Trost
3/3/2019 02:57:44 pm
The whole Midwest definition has always been interesting to me. I understand the history of the new frontier as the US expanded. However, growing up in California, the Midwest to me starts in Colorado 😁.
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Will Merchant
3/7/2019 08:32:10 am
An interesting reply! Thanks for the comment, and I'm glad you're liking the posts!
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Barb Buchwald
3/3/2019 04:01:56 pm
Being from the south, I am thinking anything west of the Mississippi is the West soooo Texas is definitely in the West.
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Will Merchant
3/7/2019 08:32:59 am
Aha! Someone who understands my point of view!
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Pat Phillips
3/5/2019 04:12:38 pm
Will, growing up in El Paso, White Sands was not that far away. We would sled down those dunes on big cardboard boxes! Fun! Texas is so big, you can call different parts by different names BUT West Texas is definitely "out west ".
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Will Merchant
3/7/2019 08:34:28 am
Wow! Everyone has a different view on what Texas is! I'd think cardboard boxes might have less friction, so they'd go faster. :)
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Michel
3/6/2019 05:44:29 am
Very cool. The pictures are beautiful.
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Will Merchant
3/7/2019 08:34:56 am
I'm glad you like it!
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Miten Merchant
3/9/2019 04:41:34 pm
I would say Texas is a part of the west. But Texas is so big, it defies broad categorizations. When I lived in San Angelo, although we were several hundred miles east of El Paso, we still called our area “west” Texas 😉. Your blogs have brought back great memories of my time in that part of the country. I had never been west of the Mississippi before graduating from high school. My definition of “big” changed after living in Colorado and Texas. One thought, Will—take a look at Sky Guide, an app that allows you to point your iPhone into the sky to identify planets, stars and constellations. It costs a few bucks; but I have enjoyed using it to explore the night sky from all over the world. Love your posts! Keep it up. Miten Kaka
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Will Merchant
3/15/2019 10:10:58 am
That app sounds really neat. Thanks for the recommendation!
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