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https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/balmorhea

The opening post only touched upon the wonder which is Balmorhea (say Bal-more-ay) State Park. In the midst of the West Texas desert you have one of the world's largest spring fed swimming pools. It is located roughly between Fort Davis & Stockton, Texas.

Look at the picture in the above link. Go straight out from the diving board, and the swimming pool takes a 90 degree left turn, and is even larger than what the photo shows. I have been swimming there, and it is an awesome wet oasis in the middle of an otherwise parched landscape.

In the great Texas ballad "The Lights of Loving County", by Charlie Robison, Balmorhea is mentioned. See lyrics below in the link. Listen to it live to fully appreciate what a great song it is.

https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... %22+lyrics

Now I don't know whether the singer started his troubled ride in Pecos, Odessa, or somewhere else, so I couldn't calculate the distance he had to travel to El Paso. I was going to point out that he didn't have much stamina for a West Texas drive. But of course the reason that he "lost his mind on the broken white line, before I reached Balmorhea" was that he was upset that his intended fiance spilled the beans, and would get him arrested for murder.

Oh, by the way, Loving County, TX is one of the lowest population counties in the state at 134 souls.

The woman he killed was perceived by the singer to be a rich woman. She turned out to be the sheriff's dead wife.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uewrSagO-r4 Here's the song in all of its glory. It's 6:29 long.

SIA