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Being in New Mexico is like being no place else.  It's not like being in the Republic of Mexico.  It's nothing like Arizona or Texas.  I like being here, the feel of the state of being.  Tonight I especially like being here after driving across Texas for two days in the aftermath of an unusual ice storm.

Car completely covered in thick sheet of very bumpy ice early on New Year's Day

Dozens of mishaps on the frozen Interstate 20 heading west from Dallas area

Tucked in tight in a big back up, I thought at least we won't starve!

After almost 300 miles at 30 miles an hour, we reached Midland/Odessa oil fields.

This is where George H W Bush brought his young wife and baby boy W to live.

Somehow George HW made it really big here.

It doesn't seem like a very nice place to live.

I've heard it's still a good place to make a lot of money.

Next day, after another snow and ice storm, the sights were better.  In places, it was a winter wonderland.

The best sight of all was good old New Mexico in late afternoon sunshine.