Texas as desert

Posted on May 27, 2007 | Comments Off on Texas as desert

Mouth of the Brazos makes a good point in reviewing the famous John Wayne movie "The Searchers." Good as the story is, the landscape pretending to be Texas is Utah or Arizona, somewhere flat, dry and dusty. I still run across Yankees who are amazed to discover we have trees and grass and rolling hills. All because of movies like that one. Good as it is.

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0 responses to “Texas as desert”

  1. Joe Bol's avatar Joe Bol | May 27, 2007 at 4:46 pm |

    And I thought that Texas was the desolate, sandy place that seperates the US from Mexico. (Only kidding).

  2. Joe Bol's avatar Joe Bol | May 27, 2007 at 4:46 pm |

    And I thought that Texas was the desolate, sandy place that seperates the US from Mexico. (Only kidding).

  3. Joe Bol's avatar Joe Bol | May 27, 2007 at 4:46 pm |

    And I thought that Texas was the desolate, sandy place that seperates the US from Mexico. (Only kidding).

  4. Unknown's avatar Dick Stanley | May 27, 2007 at 5:02 pm |

    Shoot, Joe. There’s even places where the trees are as thick and as big around as they are in Vermont.

  5. Unknown's avatar Dick Stanley | May 27, 2007 at 5:02 pm |

    Shoot, Joe. There’s even places where the trees are as thick and as big around as they are in Vermont.

  6. Joe Bol's avatar Joe Bol | May 27, 2007 at 6:27 pm |

    But are the mountains Green? (White in New Hampshire).

  7. Joe Bol's avatar Joe Bol | May 27, 2007 at 6:27 pm |

    But are the mountains Green? (White in New Hampshire).

  8. Unknown's avatar Dick Stanley | May 27, 2007 at 8:23 pm |

    You’ve led a sheltered life. The big hills just west of Austin are green. Some mountains are, as well, others have rock of various colors.

  9. Joe Bol's avatar Joe Bol | May 28, 2007 at 10:06 am |

    I said “mountains” not big hills. What mountain range runs through Texas?

  10. Unknown's avatar Dick Stanley | May 29, 2007 at 8:53 am |

    Mountains, big hills, whatever. Little Vermont, which would fit into a corner of Texas, has pushed all that stuff into a small space, so it’s a lot more impressive. Down here, with so much room to spread out, what might have been mountains are mostly hills. But they’re mostly all green, except in mid summer.
    P.S. There are certifiable mountains, the Davis and Guadalupe mountains of West Texas.