The Feedyard Story
When we moved to Muleshoe in 1980, King Feedyard would grace the area with a rather pungent scent after it rained and the wind was blowing from the southwest. I grew up surrounded by rice and cotton fields and cattle in the pasture, but not close to a feedyard. I had...
Road Trip to Buc-ee’s
A behemoth Buc-ee's convenience store opened in Amarillo on December 16, and we had to be in Amarillo for a doctor's appointment on the 19th, so of course, nothing would do but that we go check it out. Buc-ee's, for those of you who might not know, is a convenience...
The Carlsbad Caverns Trip
You may have read the previous post about my trip up Guadalupe Peak, "Guadalupe Peak; the Highest Mountain in Texas," December 15, 2024. My fellow trekkers and I stayed at the Whites City Inn which is conveniently located on the way to Guadalupe Mountains National...
Guadalupe Peak: the Highest Mountain in Texas
I climbed the highest mountain in Africa in 2007, so I thought it only fitting that I climb the highest mountain in Texas, too. Just like with Mount Kilimanjaro, no one wanted to climb Guadalupe Peak with me, either. I kept putting it off, thinking I would find...
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