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 136 Rankin Highway and head north (from the east, that's to the right; from the west, that's to the left).
• Head straight on for about three quarters of a mile. The road will make a gentle fork to the right, becoming S. Big Spring Street. You will probably not notice the change. Keep heading onwards for another three quarters of a mile until the road takes you through an underpass. When you come up the other side, you'll need to get ready to make a left turn, not at the first set of lights but at the second set, onto Wall Street.
• Turn onto Wall Street heading west.
• Drive along Wall Street for about a mile. You'll go through a number of traffic lights in the downtown section, then the road will become straight and traffic-light free (apart from the lights at the Fire Station, which may or may not be operating). Along this stretch of road it is mostly housing and professional offices that look like homes. Eventually, just past the one mile point, you see the business district ahead, and you should be in the right hand lane as you approach the intersection with N Garfield St
• Continue a few hundred yards along Wall St and turn in at the second entrance to the parking lot on your right. This, despite appearances, is Meta Drive. The first business on Meta Drive is an oil-change shop. You should have this to the left of your vehicle. Drive past the oil change shop and continue down the line of shops. You will pass in front of Gold's Gym, and you will then see the parking lot open up with Walgreen's drug store off to the right. Keep driving along the little of quaint little shops and about halfway along is us, directly 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 Route 191 gets to Midland, it becmes Andrews Highway, which is the road we're hust off of.
• There will be a Y in the road, where Golf Course is to the left, but the main road (Andrews Highway) bears right; keep on the main road.
• Just beyond the Y is a set of traffic lights, where you'll go straight across N. Midkiff Rd.
• 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 Ave, 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 further down.
• You are looking for 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 and under the highway onto Midkiff Road.
• Keep going straight (more or less south) on Midkiff Road, passing through four lights (at Moss, Wadley, Neely, and 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 Ave, 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 further down.
• You are looking for Walgreen's Drive Thru Pharmacy window; we are directly opposite that.