Center of the World

2019 trip across the West
highlight of the trip so far--
the farmer at Fuzzy's Corners on Highway 29 where it intersections the road down to Kingsland 
(I came back to lake overnight to pick up some stuff and take a 5 minute swim, so this is headed west, day 2)

The man teased me when I said I was headed to the Northwest. "Abilene? Dalhart? he said. I never leave the county anymore. Why? The Hill Country is the bone and marrow of the world. That, or Israel."
I ignored the overtone of biblical prophesy and agreed, "Yes, the Hill Country is the center of everything."