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Interstate Twenty

Warm sunlight and desert mountains blanket the horizon. Miles of asphalt fly under my feet. I love being out here among trucks.

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2nd near West County Rd.

Odessa, Texas

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Monahans Motel

Monahans, Texas

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Working Town

If people knew you were out there making pictures, you’d probably get in worse trouble, a proper way of going wrong. Odessa is a working town, and everyone needs a good way of going wrong.

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Enjoying the Day

Interesting places exist wherever we look long enough. Odessa is a real place, nothing touristy about it, so real that it’s utterly clueless about itself in a good way, and that’s why I stay.

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Flat

West Odessa, Texas

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Big Dreams

Wink, Texas

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Kermit Highway

Odessa, Texas

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Parks

Near passing cars, a walkway loops around a pond. Trees grow, and ducks eagerly anticipate snippets of bread. The park, known as Buffalo Wallow or Memorial Gardens, is an excellent place to walk in the evening hours.

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Texas Street

Odessa, Texas

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Bloom

Penwell, Texas

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Expansive

Wind lifts loose soil, shuffles mesquite branches, and swirls across a vast horizon.

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Ector Theater Neon

Odessa, Texas

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Tough. Friendly. Hardworking.

Odessa is a pretty good place.

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Endure

One must be blind or drunk or in love to live somewhere worse looking than Odessa.

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FM 3503

Sand haulers and company trucks roar today, yet in a lost decade, young mechanics revved muscle cars on two lanes, interrupting calm nights before red taillights. It’s been forever since I’ve considered FM 3503.

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The Westerner

Sometime in the mid 1960s, passenger rail ended for stops serviced by the Westerner. Gone were the days of streamliners west to El Paso or east to Fort Worth. Cars and airplanes replaced passenger trains as speed and convenience took hold.