Reflections on Texas

My trip to Texas was a lifetime highlight for me.  Some thoughts:

1. I hadn’t flown since March.  I passed through the following airports: Dulles, Dallas, Amarillo, Austin, and Charlotte.  All of them were half-deserted, except for Charlotte, which was inexplicably packed.  Even in Charlotte, however, the level of fear was low.  Travelers lined up in pre-COVID fashion unless you made a point of distancing.

2. My trip took me on a horizontally-flipped-J route from Amarillo to San Antonio, then up...