This is one of the few places (I believe) in the lower 48 where there is
absolutely no light pollution at night. This makes it quite eerie at night
particularly because of the high plains - little foliage (of any meaningful
height) and most of the mountains are in the distance. This story makes me
wish that I had a "road trip" in the near future...

>>We were in the middle of nowhere, literally. Those of you from Europe, or
>>who have never been to Texas may not be able to imagine just how FAR away
>>you can be from ANYTHING when you are in West Texas. There are places
where
>>from the horizon on one side all the way to the horizon on the other, you
>>may be able to make out one light, one sign of life. That is where we
were,
>>at 2:30 a.m. when we had to stop, and find the problem.
>>
>No kidding - just recently drove from San Antonio heading West to beautiful
>downtown Del Rio & lost tunes in the rental ~40 miles out: & I mean the
>just quit working; stopped & checked the antenna, fuses,...nuthin'.  Didn't
>get sounds again 'til Del Rio.  Almost as desolate as south eastern Oregon,
>or around Rachel, NV.
>
>Austin
>