The Double Mountains

I live in what is known as the Rolling Plains of West Texas. I was born and raised below the Llano Estacado or as it is known 'The Caprock'. Above the Caprock on 'The High Plains', the land is flat but below The Caprock the land gently rolls and is filled with canyons and mesquite and cactus. There is not much in the way of elevation but The Double Mountains stand out from miles away. I remember well my first sight of them as a small child and thinking how grand and magnificent they looked. Even now, I can look upon them with a certain wonder of how they stand so proud upon The Rolling Plains, even though they are but anthills compared to the mountains in Northern New Mexico, where I lived for a short while. The world is a large place when you are a child but sometimes memories loom larger.