Category Archives: Texas
Going West with Mom (Part One)
A few months ago, I realized I had a week of vacation I had to take this year and Samantha didn’t have matching time available. I wanted to take a long road trip but I didn’t feel like spending that … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, New Mexico, Route 66, Texas, Travel
Tagged Blue Swallow Motel, Mom, motel, New Mexico, Painted Desert, road trip, route 66, sunset, Very Large Array, Wigwam, Wigwam Village
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Texas Welcomes the World
Last weekend, I took a trip west to the Texas Panhandle. It was finally time for Texas Welcomes the World, the 2018 International Route 66 Festival! It had been a long time since I’d seen many of my roadie friends … Continue reading
Posted in Route 66, Texas, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged canyon, family, festival, McLean, Mother Road, neon, Palo Duro, panhandle, Preserve66, Road Crew, roadie, route 66, Shamrock, Texas, Texas Welcomes the World, travel
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An Oasis in Texola
This weekend, I drove out to Shamrock Texas for the International Route 66 Festival, “Texas Welcomes the World.” I’ll have a lot to say about my time here later, but today I want to share with you a little place … Continue reading
Posted in Oklahoma, Route 66, Texas, Uncategorized
Tagged artist, burger, country store, diner, general store, Masel, Mother Road, oklahoma, restaurant, road trip, route 66, rural, small business, small town, Texola, travelok, Watering Hole #2
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Making Time
You can’t control inspiration. You can seek it studiously, you can create circumstances that foster it, you can dig through tedium until you find it…but, after all is said and done, it’ll come when it pleases. Convenience has nothing to … Continue reading
Posted in Oklahoma, Route 66, Texas, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged art deco, Conoco, historic marker, Mother Road, neon, road trip, roadside, route 66, Shamrock, station, Texas, U-Drop Inn, Will Rogers
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Comanche Territory & Frontier Towns
When I have a road trip planned, it’s easier to wake up early. Granted, I don’t usually leave at 5:00 AM, but on Sunday that is what I did. I was attending a quarterly Oklahoma Route 66 Association meeting in … Continue reading
Posted in Oklahoma, Route 66, Texas, Travel
Tagged abandoned, bridge, Carnegie, cinema, Elmer, Frontier, gas station, oklahoma, Post Office, Red River, road trip, roadside, rural, small town, Stafford, Texas, theater, tire salon, travel, Vernon, Weatherford, Wichita Mountains
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Tucumcari Tonite
“One cannot be pessimistic about the West. This is the native home of hope. When it fully learns that cooperation, not rugged individualism, is the quality that most characterizes and preserves it, then it will have achieved itself and outlived … Continue reading
Posted in New Mexico, Route 66, Texas, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Amarillo, anniversary, cafe, classic, motel, neon, road trip, route 66, Shamrock, Texas, travel, Tucumcari, vintage
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Summertime Signhunting
Although I had no reason to get up early on Saturday, my internal alarm made sure I was wide awake at 6:00 AM. The Hotel Indigo in Dallas was pretty comfortable, but I haven’t been sleeping well lately. I ended … Continue reading
