Directions to Astral Castle

For Midlanders:

• "Meta Drive" really is a named road, that you can find on the map, but it's hard to recognise as a road when you get there because it's in a parking lot.
• We are located in the Village (across Illinois Ave from Old Town Midland, which is nowhere near Downtown Midland, of course), directly opposite the Drive-Thru Pharmacy window of Walgreen's Drug Store (on the South West corner of the Andrews Hwy/Illinois Ave junction).
• We are in the middle of the strip mall that has Hancock Fabrics at one end and Gold's Gym near the other end.

Coming from I-20, either from the East (Big Spring and beyond) or West (Pecos and beyond):

• Take Exit 134 "Midkiff Road" and head north (from the east, that's to the right; from the west, that's to the left).
• Head straight on, over the railroad tracks, past the Days Inn (a good place to stay).
• The road gets a little curvy here by West Texas standards, nonetheless, go as straight as you can when you get a green light, to cross Wall Street.
• As you cross Wall Street you are looking to your left for the Walgreen's drug store. You are needing to be on the far side of Walgreen's, so you can either turn in at the first entrance, or keep going to Illinois Ave, make a left turn, then make another left turn in front of Hancock Fabrics. We are a few doors down from Hancock, right opposite Walgreen's Drive Thru Pharmacy window.

Coming from the north side of Odessa:

• Take 42nd street heading east. It turns into Route 191.
• When 191 gets to Midland, it turns into Andrews Highway, which is the road we're on.
• There will be a Y in the road, where Golf Course is to the left, but the main road (Andrews Highway) bears right; bear right at that Y.
• Just beyond the Y is a set of traffic lights, where you'll go straight across Midkiff.
• Keep going through a few more sets of lights as you head towards Old Town Midland.
• The road takes a swing to the right as if to avoid going through the hospital, and there is a set of lights at Illinois Ave. On your left is the hospital, and across the junction on the right is Walgreen's drug store. We are effectively in their parking lot.
• You can take a right onto Illinois, and turn left into the parking lot when you see Hancock Fabrics, or you can go forward through the junction and turn into the parking lot later.
• You are looking for the Walgreen's Drive Thru Pharmacy window; we are directly opposite that.

Coming from the North (La Mesa):

• Coming in on Route 349, the first major road you will encounter is Loop 250. Take a right and get onto the highway portion of Loop 250 (you can stay on the frontage road, but there are more lights).
• Take the Midkiff Road Exit and stay in the left lane so that you can turn left onto Midkiff Road.
• Keep going straight (more or less south) on Midkiff, passing through four lights (Moss, Wadley, Neely, Golf Course).
• When you approach the lights at Andrews Highway, get in the left lane and turn onto Andrews Hwy heading east southeast (as opposed to the south southeast of Midkiff Road)
• Keep on Andrews Hwy, through a few more sets of lights as you head towards Old Town Midland.
• The road takes a swing to the right as if to avoid going through the hospital, and there is a set of lights at Illinois Ave. On your left is the hospital, and across the junction on the right is Walgreen's drug store. We are effectively in their parking lot.
• You can take a right onto Illinois, and turn left into the parking lot when you see Hancock Fabrics, or you can go forward through the junction and turn into the parking lot later.
• You are looking for the Walgreen's Drive Thru Pharmacy window; we are directly opposite that.