Just about every town in Texas has a water tower and some can’t resist painting theirs, for fun or to attract tourists. This one, end-on from a distance, resembles a striped blimp. But it’s actually Luling’s watermellon ad for their annual Thump, when the watermellon crop’s in. Nice town, Luling. A railroad still runs through it. They even decorate their oil field pump jacks.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 