Directions to the school are printed on the poster, just click to make it larger. The address for the GPS is 1317 FM 1614, Rotan, Texas.
A sentiment that some locals are expressing is that the oil boom isn't going to spread this far north. There are rumors that there's not enough water out here for the fracturing process. Maybe it's going to be a slow boom. That might not be so bad. I hear all kinds of things about the problems in Midland, a town that has recently Spindletop boomed, and how many traffic fatalities they have there. A simmering boom is fine if it helps avoid all that mess.
Oil people in Westbrook tell me there's a lot of wild-catting going on, and that's what the activity north of Snyder is all about. I tell you what, you don't want to be at the traffic light on the north side of the square in Snyder, on College, come 5 p.m. Vehicles are backed up for blocks coming in off of North SH 208. I've also noticed traffic on SH 350 south of Snyder just keeps getting heavier and faster. You also have to watch out for transport trucks on little roads, I mean dirt back-roads, these days. It's best just to hit the ditch and get out of their way.
In the April issue of Texas Monthly, The Texanist tackles grackles. Some of these obnoxious fowl showed up out here last weekend, and I have the luxury of being able to shoot at them with a shotgun. City folk are not as fortunate. For a long while, the Mall of Abilene had speakers on top of the facility that played loud, pitiful grackle sounds, as thought someone were standing on a wing, twisting a beak, and pulling out toenails (do grackles have toenails? Maybe claws would be more appropriate.). I haven't noticed that cacophony lately, and I don't see any grackles, so maybe that worked.
Anyway, come on out and see Nix next weekend, enjoy some of this good country air, and scoot a boot.
