COLD-BLOODED FREEZE
The pipes froze, the plants that fed the turtles froze, and sometimes burrowing reptiles required excavating. And yet somehow the roadside reptile zoos of Texas survived the cold.
Dave Thomas is a veteran journalist who survived nearly a quarter-century chained to a desk as a copy editor and web producer. He now wanders the roads writing about Texas music, Texas culture, and Texas characters. He’s from Texas.