OT texas help
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Re: OT texas help
"Lon Stowell" <Lawn.Stowell@Komkast.net> wrote in message
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> El Paso is about as flat as a folded tent.
does that include the off road trails?
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> El Paso is about as flat as a folded tent.
does that include the off road trails?
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Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
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Re: OT texas help
El Paso is a thriving border town, and like all larger cities has it's share
of problems. These are exacerbated by the border situation. All that aside,
it's a wonderful multi-cultural city with lots to do. Relatively inexpensive
compared to the rest of the USA, hot in the summer but mild winters. For a
Jeeper, many places to explore and not too far from Big Bend National Park,
Las Cruces Jeep events, etc.
Amarillo, well, flat, windy, cold, hot, tornadoes, big snows....and that's
on a good day! Relatively cheap to live there and you can watch everything
going on in LA and New York at the same time...it's REALLY flat! Not sure
what Jeeping opportunities are around there but it's big country so there's
bound to be something.
"Nathan W. Collier" <JeepChat@7SlotGrille.com> wrote in message
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> please pardon the off topic thread:
>
> as our search continues, the wifey got two very interesting offers today
> (shes listed with a national nursing job publication) out of texas. one
was
> el paso, and the other was amarillo. i know nothing about these areas and
> would appreciate honest advice on them. the wifey has family in houston
(i
> wont even consider houston) so these offers got her attention and shes
asked
> me to explore the towns.
> thanks,
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
of problems. These are exacerbated by the border situation. All that aside,
it's a wonderful multi-cultural city with lots to do. Relatively inexpensive
compared to the rest of the USA, hot in the summer but mild winters. For a
Jeeper, many places to explore and not too far from Big Bend National Park,
Las Cruces Jeep events, etc.
Amarillo, well, flat, windy, cold, hot, tornadoes, big snows....and that's
on a good day! Relatively cheap to live there and you can watch everything
going on in LA and New York at the same time...it's REALLY flat! Not sure
what Jeeping opportunities are around there but it's big country so there's
bound to be something.
"Nathan W. Collier" <JeepChat@7SlotGrille.com> wrote in message
news:Xrpcb.30$Nc7.4@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> please pardon the off topic thread:
>
> as our search continues, the wifey got two very interesting offers today
> (shes listed with a national nursing job publication) out of texas. one
was
> el paso, and the other was amarillo. i know nothing about these areas and
> would appreciate honest advice on them. the wifey has family in houston
(i
> wont even consider houston) so these offers got her attention and shes
asked
> me to explore the towns.
> thanks,
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
#23
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Re: OT texas help
El Paso is a thriving border town, and like all larger cities has it's share
of problems. These are exacerbated by the border situation. All that aside,
it's a wonderful multi-cultural city with lots to do. Relatively inexpensive
compared to the rest of the USA, hot in the summer but mild winters. For a
Jeeper, many places to explore and not too far from Big Bend National Park,
Las Cruces Jeep events, etc.
Amarillo, well, flat, windy, cold, hot, tornadoes, big snows....and that's
on a good day! Relatively cheap to live there and you can watch everything
going on in LA and New York at the same time...it's REALLY flat! Not sure
what Jeeping opportunities are around there but it's big country so there's
bound to be something.
"Nathan W. Collier" <JeepChat@7SlotGrille.com> wrote in message
news:Xrpcb.30$Nc7.4@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> please pardon the off topic thread:
>
> as our search continues, the wifey got two very interesting offers today
> (shes listed with a national nursing job publication) out of texas. one
was
> el paso, and the other was amarillo. i know nothing about these areas and
> would appreciate honest advice on them. the wifey has family in houston
(i
> wont even consider houston) so these offers got her attention and shes
asked
> me to explore the towns.
> thanks,
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
of problems. These are exacerbated by the border situation. All that aside,
it's a wonderful multi-cultural city with lots to do. Relatively inexpensive
compared to the rest of the USA, hot in the summer but mild winters. For a
Jeeper, many places to explore and not too far from Big Bend National Park,
Las Cruces Jeep events, etc.
Amarillo, well, flat, windy, cold, hot, tornadoes, big snows....and that's
on a good day! Relatively cheap to live there and you can watch everything
going on in LA and New York at the same time...it's REALLY flat! Not sure
what Jeeping opportunities are around there but it's big country so there's
bound to be something.
"Nathan W. Collier" <JeepChat@7SlotGrille.com> wrote in message
news:Xrpcb.30$Nc7.4@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> please pardon the off topic thread:
>
> as our search continues, the wifey got two very interesting offers today
> (shes listed with a national nursing job publication) out of texas. one
was
> el paso, and the other was amarillo. i know nothing about these areas and
> would appreciate honest advice on them. the wifey has family in houston
(i
> wont even consider houston) so these offers got her attention and shes
asked
> me to explore the towns.
> thanks,
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
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Re: OT texas help
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:06:31 UTC "Nathan W. Collier"
<JeepChat@7SlotGrille.com> wrote:
> please pardon the off topic thread:
>
> as our search continues, the wifey got two very interesting offers today
> (shes listed with a national nursing job publication) out of texas. one was
> el paso, and the other was amarillo. i know nothing about these areas and
> would appreciate honest advice on them. the wifey has family in houston (i
> wont even consider houston) so these offers got her attention and shes asked
> me to explore the towns.
> thanks,
I'm not much of an El Paso fan - border town (or better , city - it's
a big place) and too much of a desert for me (and I grew up in West
Texas). Can't say about work for you but there are enough military
installations there to make it pretty likely. If you add Holloman AFB
and White Sands up to the north a bit then consider that it's a fairly
sizable transportation hub (rail and truck) I'd guess it was pretty
good but pay will likely be a bit low because of the proximity to
Mexico. Lots of wheeling in the Davis mountains to the east a few
miles but you have to watch out for the illegal immigrants (not real
bad), drug runners (bad news) and jumpy Border Patrol (more bad news,
but who can blame them?).
Amarillo is a funny town - no obvious reason it should exist but it
seems to just plug along. Transportation center (rail and truck), big
prison facility NE of town. Ranching and cattle are big business and
- why I'll never know - they seem to do a big convention business.
There is at least one really active jeep club there with arrangements
to use some areas maybe 30 miles south in the Palo Duro Canyon. It's
a huge hole in the ground in the middle of the flatland - no Grand
Canyon but it has some real challenges. 25-30 miles North is the
Canadian river and Lake Merideth. Every time I go thru there I just
itch to jump off the highway and play in those hills along the river.
That is, I do unless it's been raining then that red clay is like
grease to drive on, like tar to get off. When I lived there the city
was split down the middle by the county line. One side wet, the other
dry and it was likr two different towns. Interesting place <g>.
As others have said, visit first. Folks are friendly and open -
you'll get along fine if you keep your mouth shut until they ask you
something so you don't come off as a know-it-all and start off wrong.
Your wife may not be too fond of El Paso nursing - lots and lots of
immigrants come in for the medical care and Juarez is not a rich city
by any means. Too many people, too many of them poor. I expect
medical workers work pretty darned hard for their bucks there.
Texas gun laws take getting used to. They are a LOT better than they
were for a long time but still a bit idocynranic (or should I say
idiotic??). Not state income tax, BTW.
--
Will Honea
<JeepChat@7SlotGrille.com> wrote:
> please pardon the off topic thread:
>
> as our search continues, the wifey got two very interesting offers today
> (shes listed with a national nursing job publication) out of texas. one was
> el paso, and the other was amarillo. i know nothing about these areas and
> would appreciate honest advice on them. the wifey has family in houston (i
> wont even consider houston) so these offers got her attention and shes asked
> me to explore the towns.
> thanks,
I'm not much of an El Paso fan - border town (or better , city - it's
a big place) and too much of a desert for me (and I grew up in West
Texas). Can't say about work for you but there are enough military
installations there to make it pretty likely. If you add Holloman AFB
and White Sands up to the north a bit then consider that it's a fairly
sizable transportation hub (rail and truck) I'd guess it was pretty
good but pay will likely be a bit low because of the proximity to
Mexico. Lots of wheeling in the Davis mountains to the east a few
miles but you have to watch out for the illegal immigrants (not real
bad), drug runners (bad news) and jumpy Border Patrol (more bad news,
but who can blame them?).
Amarillo is a funny town - no obvious reason it should exist but it
seems to just plug along. Transportation center (rail and truck), big
prison facility NE of town. Ranching and cattle are big business and
- why I'll never know - they seem to do a big convention business.
There is at least one really active jeep club there with arrangements
to use some areas maybe 30 miles south in the Palo Duro Canyon. It's
a huge hole in the ground in the middle of the flatland - no Grand
Canyon but it has some real challenges. 25-30 miles North is the
Canadian river and Lake Merideth. Every time I go thru there I just
itch to jump off the highway and play in those hills along the river.
That is, I do unless it's been raining then that red clay is like
grease to drive on, like tar to get off. When I lived there the city
was split down the middle by the county line. One side wet, the other
dry and it was likr two different towns. Interesting place <g>.
As others have said, visit first. Folks are friendly and open -
you'll get along fine if you keep your mouth shut until they ask you
something so you don't come off as a know-it-all and start off wrong.
Your wife may not be too fond of El Paso nursing - lots and lots of
immigrants come in for the medical care and Juarez is not a rich city
by any means. Too many people, too many of them poor. I expect
medical workers work pretty darned hard for their bucks there.
Texas gun laws take getting used to. They are a LOT better than they
were for a long time but still a bit idocynranic (or should I say
idiotic??). Not state income tax, BTW.
--
Will Honea
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Re: OT texas help
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:06:31 UTC "Nathan W. Collier"
<JeepChat@7SlotGrille.com> wrote:
> please pardon the off topic thread:
>
> as our search continues, the wifey got two very interesting offers today
> (shes listed with a national nursing job publication) out of texas. one was
> el paso, and the other was amarillo. i know nothing about these areas and
> would appreciate honest advice on them. the wifey has family in houston (i
> wont even consider houston) so these offers got her attention and shes asked
> me to explore the towns.
> thanks,
I'm not much of an El Paso fan - border town (or better , city - it's
a big place) and too much of a desert for me (and I grew up in West
Texas). Can't say about work for you but there are enough military
installations there to make it pretty likely. If you add Holloman AFB
and White Sands up to the north a bit then consider that it's a fairly
sizable transportation hub (rail and truck) I'd guess it was pretty
good but pay will likely be a bit low because of the proximity to
Mexico. Lots of wheeling in the Davis mountains to the east a few
miles but you have to watch out for the illegal immigrants (not real
bad), drug runners (bad news) and jumpy Border Patrol (more bad news,
but who can blame them?).
Amarillo is a funny town - no obvious reason it should exist but it
seems to just plug along. Transportation center (rail and truck), big
prison facility NE of town. Ranching and cattle are big business and
- why I'll never know - they seem to do a big convention business.
There is at least one really active jeep club there with arrangements
to use some areas maybe 30 miles south in the Palo Duro Canyon. It's
a huge hole in the ground in the middle of the flatland - no Grand
Canyon but it has some real challenges. 25-30 miles North is the
Canadian river and Lake Merideth. Every time I go thru there I just
itch to jump off the highway and play in those hills along the river.
That is, I do unless it's been raining then that red clay is like
grease to drive on, like tar to get off. When I lived there the city
was split down the middle by the county line. One side wet, the other
dry and it was likr two different towns. Interesting place <g>.
As others have said, visit first. Folks are friendly and open -
you'll get along fine if you keep your mouth shut until they ask you
something so you don't come off as a know-it-all and start off wrong.
Your wife may not be too fond of El Paso nursing - lots and lots of
immigrants come in for the medical care and Juarez is not a rich city
by any means. Too many people, too many of them poor. I expect
medical workers work pretty darned hard for their bucks there.
Texas gun laws take getting used to. They are a LOT better than they
were for a long time but still a bit idocynranic (or should I say
idiotic??). Not state income tax, BTW.
--
Will Honea
<JeepChat@7SlotGrille.com> wrote:
> please pardon the off topic thread:
>
> as our search continues, the wifey got two very interesting offers today
> (shes listed with a national nursing job publication) out of texas. one was
> el paso, and the other was amarillo. i know nothing about these areas and
> would appreciate honest advice on them. the wifey has family in houston (i
> wont even consider houston) so these offers got her attention and shes asked
> me to explore the towns.
> thanks,
I'm not much of an El Paso fan - border town (or better , city - it's
a big place) and too much of a desert for me (and I grew up in West
Texas). Can't say about work for you but there are enough military
installations there to make it pretty likely. If you add Holloman AFB
and White Sands up to the north a bit then consider that it's a fairly
sizable transportation hub (rail and truck) I'd guess it was pretty
good but pay will likely be a bit low because of the proximity to
Mexico. Lots of wheeling in the Davis mountains to the east a few
miles but you have to watch out for the illegal immigrants (not real
bad), drug runners (bad news) and jumpy Border Patrol (more bad news,
but who can blame them?).
Amarillo is a funny town - no obvious reason it should exist but it
seems to just plug along. Transportation center (rail and truck), big
prison facility NE of town. Ranching and cattle are big business and
- why I'll never know - they seem to do a big convention business.
There is at least one really active jeep club there with arrangements
to use some areas maybe 30 miles south in the Palo Duro Canyon. It's
a huge hole in the ground in the middle of the flatland - no Grand
Canyon but it has some real challenges. 25-30 miles North is the
Canadian river and Lake Merideth. Every time I go thru there I just
itch to jump off the highway and play in those hills along the river.
That is, I do unless it's been raining then that red clay is like
grease to drive on, like tar to get off. When I lived there the city
was split down the middle by the county line. One side wet, the other
dry and it was likr two different towns. Interesting place <g>.
As others have said, visit first. Folks are friendly and open -
you'll get along fine if you keep your mouth shut until they ask you
something so you don't come off as a know-it-all and start off wrong.
Your wife may not be too fond of El Paso nursing - lots and lots of
immigrants come in for the medical care and Juarez is not a rich city
by any means. Too many people, too many of them poor. I expect
medical workers work pretty darned hard for their bucks there.
Texas gun laws take getting used to. They are a LOT better than they
were for a long time but still a bit idocynranic (or should I say
idiotic??). Not state income tax, BTW.
--
Will Honea
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Re: OT texas help
I don't think anyone has mentioned the intense, brain-baking, will-to-live
stealing heat.
td
(you guys in arizona... pipe down)
"Nathan W. Collier" <JeepChat@7SlotGrille.com> wrote in message
news:Xrpcb.30$Nc7.4@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> please pardon the off topic thread:
>
> as our search continues, the wifey got two very interesting offers today
> (shes listed with a national nursing job publication) out of texas. one
was
> el paso, and the other was amarillo. i know nothing about these areas and
> would appreciate honest advice on them. the wifey has family in houston
(i
> wont even consider houston) so these offers got her attention and shes
asked
> me to explore the towns.
> thanks,
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
stealing heat.
td
(you guys in arizona... pipe down)
"Nathan W. Collier" <JeepChat@7SlotGrille.com> wrote in message
news:Xrpcb.30$Nc7.4@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> please pardon the off topic thread:
>
> as our search continues, the wifey got two very interesting offers today
> (shes listed with a national nursing job publication) out of texas. one
was
> el paso, and the other was amarillo. i know nothing about these areas and
> would appreciate honest advice on them. the wifey has family in houston
(i
> wont even consider houston) so these offers got her attention and shes
asked
> me to explore the towns.
> thanks,
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
#27
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Re: OT texas help
I don't think anyone has mentioned the intense, brain-baking, will-to-live
stealing heat.
td
(you guys in arizona... pipe down)
"Nathan W. Collier" <JeepChat@7SlotGrille.com> wrote in message
news:Xrpcb.30$Nc7.4@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> please pardon the off topic thread:
>
> as our search continues, the wifey got two very interesting offers today
> (shes listed with a national nursing job publication) out of texas. one
was
> el paso, and the other was amarillo. i know nothing about these areas and
> would appreciate honest advice on them. the wifey has family in houston
(i
> wont even consider houston) so these offers got her attention and shes
asked
> me to explore the towns.
> thanks,
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
stealing heat.
td
(you guys in arizona... pipe down)
"Nathan W. Collier" <JeepChat@7SlotGrille.com> wrote in message
news:Xrpcb.30$Nc7.4@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> please pardon the off topic thread:
>
> as our search continues, the wifey got two very interesting offers today
> (shes listed with a national nursing job publication) out of texas. one
was
> el paso, and the other was amarillo. i know nothing about these areas and
> would appreciate honest advice on them. the wifey has family in houston
(i
> wont even consider houston) so these offers got her attention and shes
asked
> me to explore the towns.
> thanks,
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
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Re: OT texas help
"Gerald G. McGeorge" <gmcgeorge@frontier.net> wrote in message
news:vn4ip3kqrvlj79@corp.supernews.com...
> For a
> Jeeper, many places to explore and not too far from Big Bend National
Park,
> Las Cruces Jeep events, etc.
blah blah blah everything else......_now_ youre talking my language. tell
me more! :-)
> Amarillo, well, flat, windy, cold, hot, tornadoes
many tornadoes in el paso?
thanks,
--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
news:vn4ip3kqrvlj79@corp.supernews.com...
> For a
> Jeeper, many places to explore and not too far from Big Bend National
Park,
> Las Cruces Jeep events, etc.
blah blah blah everything else......_now_ youre talking my language. tell
me more! :-)
> Amarillo, well, flat, windy, cold, hot, tornadoes
many tornadoes in el paso?
thanks,
--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
#29
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Re: OT texas help
"Gerald G. McGeorge" <gmcgeorge@frontier.net> wrote in message
news:vn4ip3kqrvlj79@corp.supernews.com...
> For a
> Jeeper, many places to explore and not too far from Big Bend National
Park,
> Las Cruces Jeep events, etc.
blah blah blah everything else......_now_ youre talking my language. tell
me more! :-)
> Amarillo, well, flat, windy, cold, hot, tornadoes
many tornadoes in el paso?
thanks,
--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
news:vn4ip3kqrvlj79@corp.supernews.com...
> For a
> Jeeper, many places to explore and not too far from Big Bend National
Park,
> Las Cruces Jeep events, etc.
blah blah blah everything else......_now_ youre talking my language. tell
me more! :-)
> Amarillo, well, flat, windy, cold, hot, tornadoes
many tornadoes in el paso?
thanks,
--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
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Re: OT texas help
"Will Honea" <will@codenet.net> wrote in message
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> I'm not much of an El Paso fan - border town (or better , city - it's
> a big place) and too much of a desert for me
hows the riding? one of the things i fell for in montana was the riding. i
have no doubt you could hop on an atv and ride for days. is there riding
like that in el paso?
> Amarillo is a funny town - no obvious reason it should exist but it
> seems to just plug along.
lol.....awesome description will!
> Texas gun laws take getting used to.
please explain?
thanks,
--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-StMmF2R9CwJD@anon.none.net...
> I'm not much of an El Paso fan - border town (or better , city - it's
> a big place) and too much of a desert for me
hows the riding? one of the things i fell for in montana was the riding. i
have no doubt you could hop on an atv and ride for days. is there riding
like that in el paso?
> Amarillo is a funny town - no obvious reason it should exist but it
> seems to just plug along.
lol.....awesome description will!
> Texas gun laws take getting used to.
please explain?
thanks,
--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com