Walking the LlanoWhen American explorers crossed the Texas Panhandle, they dubbed it part of the Great American Desert. A sea of grass, the llano appeared empty, flat, and barely habitable. Contemporary developments cell phone towers, oil rigs, and wind turbines have only added to this stereotype. Yet in this lyrical ecomemoir, Shelley Armitage charts a unique rediscovery of the largely unknown land, a journey at once deeply personal and far reaching in its