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Show W iV ' V i 4 u , . VVs 4 a it, Thursday, May 19, 1983, THE HERALD, Provo, Utah Texas Offers Everything, Just Ask A Texan By DOROTHY KNOELL Herald Staff Writer If you ask a Texan about Texas, prepared to listen for a long time. Texas, according to Texans I talked to during my 18 month 'tour" of the southern part of that be Texans often get thier buck in an entirely different manner. "You just drive along the road 'til you find the one you want," one deerhunter told me as he showed me his deerhunting truck. a pickup with "lookout" seats 15 to 20 feet high mounted in the bed. After driving home a few nights through the hill country, I could see what he meant, as I spent half my time dodging deer. Of course, it isn't always as easy as it sounds, but it is different. One more thing about Texas. It not only includes a little bit of everything in regards to scenery, but also in regards to "creepy Page23A crawlies." There are times I'd swear that every type of critter ever created lived in Texas. Certainly, those that live there are big, as in BIG, just like the state they live in. great state, is bigger, better, grander and greater than any other state. While I might contest some of those statements, there's no denying that Texas is big, as in, BIG. You can hop in your car and start out on one border of Texas and still be deep in the heart of Texas a day later, whether you're going north, south, east or west, unless you happen to start on the border of the panhandle. Of course, with its borders including so much area, Texas includes a little bit of everything: mountains with snow, valleys with citrus groves, oceans with sandy beaches and deserts with cactus. It also includes weather that is an unpredictable as it is devestat-ing- . "If you predict the weather in Texas, you're either new or a fool" is a favorite truism that I found to be true as I started day after day wearing a coat and ended up dying of heat prostration two hours later. The weather can be violent, with hurricanes sweeping in occassion-all- y from the Gulf and tornados touching down sometimes in the plains. And when it rains, it doesn't mess around. In my south Texas travels I saw a rainstorm that dropped enough water in just a few hours to turn several enormous fields into lakes that ducks were still swimming on four months later. Although summer heat is intense, springtime in Texas (which may only last a week or two) provides nice days and cool nights with a flower show that defies description. Bluebonnets, the state flower, bloom in abundance, mixed in with a sea of red, purple, yellow and pink that spreads for miles in some of the long stretches of roads. In the desert areas, the cactus flowers can knock your eyes out, too. Summer is probably not the best time to visit in southern Texas, particularly the Rio Grande Valley, where the humidity can get up to 90 percent or more. A winter vacation to the Valley, however, can break up the blues with a dose of citrus groves and gulfcoast beaches. Of course, you must be careful of what you consider summer and winter. Summer in Texas usually starts some time in March or April (for example, Laredo has been in the 90s and 100s for that past month or so) and winter doesn't start until December or January. Deep sea fishing is available along the coast, with Corpus Christi being one of the most popular places to take to the sea. Seashell collecting along the white beaches of Padre Island can net some exotic finds at times. The hill country can also provide some unique experiences, especially for Utah deerhunters. While cold-weath- er - deerhunting in Utah includes things like horses, vehicles or lots of hiking, Itf V ff I k BUY FROM UTAH COUNTY'S LARGEST CHEV. & BUICK DEALER C5k J AKl .1 11.9 Voo 12.9 FINANCING AVAILABLE Ed Higgins says THANKS for making us in 1 Utah County SPECIAL DISCOUNTS ON ALL CARS & TRUCKS ALL THRU MAY ON BOTH NEW & USED Here are just two examples of these savings for fun trouble free motoring this vacation. 1( Your Neighbors serving you are: Christofferson Lehi - New Car MGR Sandy - Used Car MGR Springville Fleet MGR Garth Driggs Holladay Business MGR Kevin Gardner Orem - Fleet Coordinator Jim Allen Provo - Sales Tom Bassett Orem - Sales Ross Barney Sales Dennis Amudson Spanish Fork Springville - Sales Ned Anderson American Fork Sales Mike Beck - Lehi Lehi - Sales Sales Gary ChristoHerson Randy Hall - Orem Sales Mike Kelly Orem Sales Larry Reda - American Fork Sales Barry Provo Sales Dean Ririe Willardson Provo Sales Tim Anderberg Orem Sales Ken Kim Dangerfield Howard Brandt 0 '83 CAVALIER 4 DOOR HOW '6995 48rm.X'165H $500 cash down or trade, $1436.58 finance financing, stock 4570. Selling price does not include tax & lie. charge, 9.9 M v w I '83 CHEV C-1- 0 PICKUP HOW 7227 48mos.X'182" $500 cash down or trade, $1975.46 finance charge, 12.9 financing, stock include tax & lie. 4114. Selling price does not I |