west texas tarantulas

[threeplusfire]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/garden/16location.html?ref=garden

He built the house last year, on the incline of a mesa on his 3,000-acre spread in Brewster County, where shale bluffs and sandy valleys are dotted with sagebrush and spiky yucca, and giant tarantulas languidly cross the heat-radiating roads.

Yes, there are giant tarantulas in West Texas. Yes, they cross roads. What's really crazy is when they migrate en masse and the ground is covered in a horde of giant tarantulas on the movie.

That said, the house in this article is incredible. I would love to have a vacation there. Check out the slide show, especially for the two pictures that show the incredible sky.

Comments

[cozzene.livejournal.com]

The photos through that link are wonderful. Houston certainly has nothing that beautiful to offer unless you like smog.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Yeah - West Texas is so different from that part. I went on a vacation out near Garner State Park one year and the drive was beautiful.

[ckocher.livejournal.com]

That's where I grew up (well, closer to Midland but the terrain is the same). We used to go on tarantula roundups when they did the road crossing, and had to always check around the home in case they decided to nest en masse there.

And yeah - the sky is incredible. I miss watching the thunderstorms roll in across the mesa...

[splix.livejournal.com]

Fantastic photos!

There are giant tarantulas here in NM, south of us, in Socorro and on the cusp of White Sands desert. Seeing the silhouette of one or more crossing a hilly road is a pretty freaky sight. :)

[norda.livejournal.com]

I'm very fond of tarantulas.

But yes, that's one terrific house-view.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Now imagine seeing this as a four year old, when everything looks bigger. Lifetime scars, baby.

[litos.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[kokopopo.livejournal.com]

Articles like these remind me what an urban guy I am. I was thinking how majestic and romantic and relaxing it all looked, when the rattlesnake picture popped up. No thanks. I would rather have a really good meal and walk through a city I love. One that doesn't have rattlesnakes!