1. It is industrial, built-up, commercialised, probably as much as it is green and scenic (I guess deep in my mind I imagined vast pastures, horses and other associated farm animals, very importantly - cowboys with the appropriate attire consisting of tight jeans and sleeveless t's, and the occasional oil well/factory of some type),
2. A more striking fact - it is huge! Once you enter, you have over 800 miles of driving to get you to the other side. The vastness of it is intimidating.
Adventures so far: we drove to the Sweetwater Country Club, I played golf for the first time, and I won my first set in tennis!
So no 'Texas-style' activities yet - horse riding and hanging out at a dude ranch will come later, when we get to San Antonio and the Hill Country - Monday.
By the way, Sweetwater Country Club is in a suburban town near Houston - Sugar Land. From what I saw, I think it should be called 'Milk and Honey Land': the mansion houses we saw on our way to the club were the size of a decent hotel: they had separate wings, cute verandas, swimming pools, gardens, etc etc, and were as opulent as mansions go. Check out this example:
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