DATELINE: tarzan, tx                                                    

Author: Karl

We rolled in to the Quality Inn in Big Spring, Texas. Each light source was swarming with big fat mosquitos, moths and other twitching mystery bugs. We checked in to the room and then decided to take a look at the local adjacent watering hole, Pinkys, afterall its was ladys night.



To get in you had to sprint past a huge insect swarm by the door. The place was just what u would expect, flourescent lighting, cheap plastic tables and chairs, low ceilings, blacklights and an ugly dark colored carpet. There were about 3 rather plump ladies and about 10 tattooed up truck drivers. About every minute or so you would have to swat a bug off of your neck or shoo one away from landing in your beer. A 'vip' room towards the back had the great advantage of having a mosquito net curtain to prevent the bug onslaught. Peering in I saw one heafty lady casually sipping on a budweiser.



After that we got a much need 10 hours of sleep. Todays it's off to check out the caves of carlsbad and then El Paso. All along the route we can see numerous old oil well's slowly pumping for oil.