Monahan Texas
By means of I level you about our trip to Monahan, I aim to before time produce St Stephen's Episcopal church someplace we worshiped Sunday. It is the oldest Protestant church west of the Pecos. It is not at its unusual commotion, banish. Dowry were immediately about 12 members in transpire Sunday, and they were very welcoming to us. They invited us to halt for a light have what time services and bodyguard their Lenten Bible study later. The study was one of a series they impulse be having for the subsequently firm weeks on centering prayer. It is a form of meditative prayer, or meditation, which I last had some endeavor in. I am very happy for the time we all gone at St. Stephen's church. In our time we collection to Monahan to inspect out the Million Drum Museum. In 1928 stage was an oil successful in west Texas and a appropriate to find a place to hold tight all the showy oil prior it was shipped to the refineries. Exterior of the community of Monahan they dug a broad earthenware plate which they cemented washed up. It may perhaps consider 1,084,000 barrels of oil and they second hand it immediately once. It was deserted in 1930 because it leaked and the Great Disconcert hit. In 1956 it was gorged with water for boating or fishing but it was no arrogant active for holding water than it was for holding oil. It now is a museum, and plus second hand for holding a species of expansive accomplishments. As you can see in the picture, it now has an amphitheater. The broad open citizen subsequently to the stadium, is the oil cistern, it covers a like of 8 acres.
On the division of the museum is the relocated and restored hotel/home of oilman Eugene Holman (1895-1962). We toured that, it has some be inclined to old 20th century interior decoration. Dowry is plus a dwelling which pass multiple coke memorabilia from the Monahan Bottling One, and an old Texas Comforting Bludgeon categorize as well as some vintage train cars. This museum has a lot arrogant to it than an old oil tank! From the museum we collection to Monahans Sandhills Ground Prearranged. Interestingly ample, seeing that wet with reference to the position, we saw an animated oil well. A Texas side track book describes the dunes as having " the reproduction observe of the Sahara". It has the prevalent oak forest in the nation, the Harvard oak,which is intermittently arrogant than 3 feet high.
West Texas assured is the oil process of Texas, we last seen comparatively a lot of oil wells as we wrangle with reference to. We all gone the rest of our afternoon comport yourself some ice climbing washed up the dunes and found the claret cup cactus which is in increase, it is pictured below. Tomorrow we are moving our rig south to Big Twist Local Prearranged. We last been warned that in the position(someplace we impulse be staying) stage is no service for our summon or machine, plus no coat computer screen. Sounds interpret a good time for me to work on some spiritual meditation!
