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Texas Tarantula Terror
I did a horrible, horrible thing
Many people who live in Texas will tell you that everything in Texas is bigger than anywhere else. I lived there many, many, many years ago and I have to agree with that sentiment somewhat.
A particular memory comes to mind…
I was driving along a back-country road one day in the undulating hill country southwest of Ft. Worth. My destination was the little town of Granbury. It was very important that I get there before the sun set.
Why? It was because of a woman.
There was a time several decades ago when I could legitimately say, ‘All my exes live in Texas.’ But since then most of those exes, like me, have left the state. Now, almost none of my exes live there.
If I didn’t make it to Granbury in time for my date with this woman it could mean the end of the relationship. Seriously, the relationship was on the ropes. I was racing to Granbury as fast as I could in hopes of saving my relationship with a woman I was deliriously in love with.
Needless to say I was driving a tad over the speed limit.
And then I was coming down from a short hill into a dry arroyo. I was shocked when I looked ahead. It appeared that there was some kind of oil slick; a river of oil flowing over the…
