Texas Farm-to-Market roads 767 and 722 leading from Channing to Dumas pass through some of the prettiest places on earth. Impossible to photograph because they are just too big to fit into a camera lens, these roads wind and dip over the vast expanses of the historic XIT ranches that helped fund the building of the state capitol in Austin. Wide-open, you can survey 20-25 miles off to the horizon and not see a single soul. This vast expanse of territory, desolate yet beautiful, acquires a strange sense of power as the sun nears its setting point after a long summer day. A passing train impeded our progress in Channing.
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