Summer Mummers

There's nothing more fulfilling for a traveler than to check out the local dives and learn about the community in which you're temporarily calling home.  An opportunity came about last night that provided me with a personal truth of Texas; they are loyal to the end of the earth. Talking about proud to be something! TEXANS!! Summer Mummers is a local yearly show that's a lot like skits meet improve meets Midland, TX.  They made rivalry, nudity, aging, and sexual preference hilarious.  Towards the end of the entertainment, an announcement was made to honor Texans (emphasis on the high # proportionately of military men/women coming from this gargantuan state)  with, "Texas can survive without the United States, but the states can't survive without Texas." Oh my, TX, you are proud.  Without affirming or negating that statement, I will note that the men here sure are chivalrous and the community here (despite being strangers) have been more welcoming than any other town I've been to in my life.  Odessa and Midland, Texas are bumps in the road on the map/internet/state; however, they are huge in family, community, & personality. This is a town of people I hope to be like in where ever my feet may finally rest.  Lesson learned: never judge a book by its cover.   You never know when it'll change your life forever.