BTDT blowing and goin in that place was unreal

I would have liked to back it up to where I could have hunted East Africa before it was shut down. 1950-60s would have probably worked for me.

I would like to have seen Texas through the eyes of my ancestors.

After the war for independence from Mexico they described west Texas as a ocean of waist high waving grass as far as the eye could see. A lone cotton wood tree might be your sole landmark for 10-15 miles. There was little or no mesquite.

I would like to be born right now..

The road lease taken reminds you and this thread to a tea.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/the-road-not-

BY ROBERT FROST
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Probably the 1870's or 1880's when the West was being opened up and there were still springs in West Texas. 1840's during the fur trade in the Rockies would have been cool too.

Great poem, Bill. Thank you for posting.

Agree with this....too hard to pick one for me. Post Civil War South, Ancient Greece and Rome, Old England with the Knights, the Roaring 20's, Christ in his final years traveling and performing miracles......all would be amazing to witness.

Although, like someone else posted, I like my AC and creature comforts and technology of today.

I think that I would have liked to of come of age in the early 60's

Yes you would have enjoyed that. In 1965 I was 16. A wonderful wonderful time in my life.

Back to when a handshake confirmed that we had a deal and a mans word was his bond.

Its now against the aw to shake hands in democratic areas.

that's fine by me, I never like shaking the hand of a democratic in the first place.

Nah.

In the early 70's it was on like donkey kong. Girls were dropping panty's like a hot baked potato

A bold young man could rule his world.

If I had to pick a different time and place, I'd go to Russia in the 1970s to see what it was like behind the iron curtain.

Pretty normal for american socialist. Follow the steps of sanders on his honeymoon.

Nailed it.

I'd go back Decade 0 and stop Eve from eating that dang apple

X2

I treat each decade as a fresh beginning.

50's were good to me as a child. Simple enough, but we had conveniences and healthcare made big strides then. There was still unspoiled wilderness and hunting and fishing was far more accessible than it is today.

My decade would be 1830 - 1836. I would have loved to experience the Anglo settling of Texas. To travel this state at that time would have been amazing. See the Indians of the plains. The Indians of the coast. Indians of west Texas. Then to get to be a part of the Alamo would be truly historic. That would be my pick.

Second would be living among the great Sioux tribes of the plains.

You need to read this book. I firsthand diary from a trip exploring Texas by a young German scientist....his descriptions of the landscape, people, flora and fauna are detailed and fascinating.

One of my all time favorites books.

Jes