{"id":332,"date":"2013-01-02T23:00:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T04:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emilywinck.com\/blog\/?p=332"},"modified":"2013-01-02T23:01:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T04:01:28","slug":"the-wincky-niners-gold-rush-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.emilywinck.com\/blog\/the-wincky-niners-gold-rush-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wincky-Niners gold rush: Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Then, the wind farms (bonus points if you can spot the choo-choo train):<\/p>\n

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Next, the oil rigs:<\/p>\n

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And finally, nothing but land and scrub until we found the mountains in the far western corner of Texas:<\/p>\n

[no picture, you know what nothing looks like]<\/p>\n

Besides the enthralling scenery, another highlight of the day was seeing Midland, TX. As a child, I was shocked when I discovered there was\u00c2\u00a0another city\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>with the same name as the one I lived in.<\/p>\n

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In other exciting news, although we are still in Texas, we did finally leave the Central Time Zone! And, we almost made it to Mexico \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00c2\u00a0but at the last minute, the highway turned. We’re now settled into our hotel room in El Paso, waiting for the pizza to arrive, and contemplating a trip to the outdoor hot tub despite the 37\u00c2\u00b0 temperature.<\/p>\n

In case you were curious, here’s an update on our license-plate-finding challenge (the Northeastern states aren’t looking too promising):<\/p>\n

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Day 3 Stats:
\nMiles driven: 587
\nStates visited: 1. Texas is big.
\nSight of the day: thousands and thousands of windmills
\nSnack of the day: Chocolate peanut butter truffle bar. Mmmm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"