And now, amazingly, soaking wet in Lubbock. It rains and rains. Nice change, actually. It'll take a lot of rain to break the drought and refill the playa lakes. I always like it when obnoxious July 4th celebrations get rained out. Maybe this summer? It's happened before. Let this be a wet summer. Rain on the parades. Drown the fireworks.
I sometimes feel that "independence" was a catastrophe-- a very bad idea from the very beginning.