T H E  N E A T L I N E
		A Newsletter of the Texas Map Society           Vol. IV No 1 Summer 2001

For Want of Good Map, Thirty-Eight Map Enthusiasts Lost in West Texas!
By Dennis Reinhartz

As part of their pre-meeting program, on the afternoon of Friday, April 6, 2001, thirty-eight early attendees at the Spring Meeting of the Texas Map Society in Lubbock boarded a bus to the Caprock Winery for a tour and tasting. As a typical spring West-Texas dust storm was brewing, on what should have been a brief ride to the winery the local bus driver got lost! And for naught but a little tourist map on board, the party of would-be revelers got further lost on the High Plains. Finally, somewhat belatedly, the party arrived safely, guided through directions secured over a cell phone and the use of an internet map brought along by our Board Member, Bert Johnson. It should remember that this part of the journey occurred while all were still sober, since they were on the way to the winery!

The adventure continued on the way back to Lubbock. The blowing dust came to a head and was complimented by rain, yielding a small mud storm (and you thought that was only a West Texas tall tale). But all were in good spirits by this time and were looking forward to the rest of the program.

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