Around the Big Country

I spent part of the weekend in San Angelo; my grandparents recently moved there and I thought I'd take advantage of spending some time with them without the rest of my family. As my grandfather and I were driving around San Angelo trying to find a place to eat I kept seeing all these really cute antique shops or clubs that I thought my friends and I might want to go dancing at and I realized, despite having friends that live in San Angelo I never take advantage of the short drive to see and do something different.

That got me to thinking about all the towns surrounding Abilene; Brownwood, Sweetwater, Anson and tons of other communities. Every town must have neat little shops to go shopping at, or local community theaters that are surprisingly good for their small size, hole in the wall restaurants that only locals know about- but the rest of Texas should, or even local dances or festivals.

The Big Country is just that- a big country.

In my last blog I wrote about one of my favorite places in Abilene, but I'd like to encourage each of you, either your not from Abilene or you just know of a great place, to comment. Let me and everyone else know about it.

I'd like to go and check all the places out, and with all the new reporters who aren't from the Big Country, I'd love to take them with me and have them really experience West Texas.

Till next time-Courtnee