We cut southeast across New Mexico and down around Clovis there are multiple huge machines working along the railroad tracks in the middle of a Sunday. East of there, up the track, there are something like a dozen long freight trains stopped dead waiting for them to get done whatever it is they are doing to fix things.

In rough Abiliene there is a pickup truck stopped at a traffic light. In the back window there is a bumper sticker. It says:

“I’m not gay but hey, $20 is $20.”

Kudos to that guy, whoever he is. That takes some stones.