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Fuel Station

May 24, 2012 by E. Casa de Calvo

Ropesville, TX ~ Ropesville is located about 30 minutes southwest of Lubbock, TX. These photos were taken from a gas station located right off of the highway. This was a common stopping point on our road trips. There isn’t anything too impressive about this particular gas station, but what did impress me was the scale – everything does seem bigger in Texas!

Categories: Ropesville, Texas • Tags: barn, buildings, cars, clouds, desert, fuel, gas, highway, parking lot, road, ropesville, sky, summer, texas

Garza Hotel and Theater

May 22, 2012 by E. Casa de Calvo

Post, TX ~ Post is a small town about 45 minutes away from Lubbock, TX. This was often a stopping point on our way out of town. There is a really good (in a bad way) burger stand on the north side of town. They served all of the goodies I remember buying at the snack bar in high school – burritos, cheese fries, ice cream, and, of course, a texas size greasy cheeseburger. These pictures were taken on a […]

Categories: Post, Texas • Tags: book store, buildings, country, highway, historic, hotel, intersection, main street, median, old, post, sign, sky, storefront, street, summer, texas, trees

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Texas Tech University

May 20, 2012 by E. Casa de Calvo

Lubbock, TX ~ One of Lubbock’s trademarks is its flat land. Whenever it rains, flash flooding is a problem due to poor drainage (again, a product of extremely flat land). If you were unfortunate enough to be caught walking during a shower, expect to get soaked, even with an umbrella. After a few minutes it will feel like you are walking through inches of water. Better yet, it was always a sad sight to see people on the sidewalk get […]

Categories: Lubbock, Texas • Tags: barn, buildings, campus, clouds, crosswalk, historic, library, Lubbock, parking lot, rain, silo, sky, street, student union, texas, texas tech, university

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National Ranching Heritage Center | Exterior

May 20, 2012 by E. Casa de Calvo

Lubbock, TX ~ The center covers a lot of ground; over twenty acres. You can take a mini journey thorough the ranching history of the area by touring restored structures (homes, barns, schoolhouses, etc.). The tour begins with a dirt floor structure, and ends with a modern day structure. It is a walk through time. Some structures are even open for exploration.

Categories: Lubbock, Texas • Tags: cactus, cloud, country, heritage, historic, historical, house, longhorn, Lubbock, outhouse, ranching, schoolhouse, sky, summer, texas, victorian, windmill

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Lubbock Lake Landmark

May 12, 2012 by E. Casa de Calvo

Lubbock, TX ~ The Lubbock Lake Landmark is an archeological and natural history preserve. No actual lake exists here, but an attempt to create one in the 1930’s revealed artifacts of inhabitants spanning nearly 12,000 years. The sculptures below are said to be reconstructed from bones found here. You can observe actual digs, and even participate in some. This is a fascinating place!

Categories: Lubbock, Texas • Tags: archeology, bison, fence, flowers, historic, lake, landmark, Lubbock, mammoth, plains, prairie, railroad, sky

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West Texas

May 10, 2012 by E. Casa de Calvo

Levelland, TX ~ Levelland is about forty minutes away from Lubbock, TX. This is a nice drive if you want to get out of town for a while (assuming you live in Lubbock). Plenty of fields and sky to admire on the way, and a beautiful park and town square to enjoy when you arrive. We even drove out here once just to do laundry.

Categories: Levelland, Texas • Tags: barn, brush, cars, clouds, coffee, ducks, farm, feilds, fences, intersection, levelland, pie, pond, sky, street, summer, texas, trees, water, water tower, west texas, wheat, windmil

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Ghost Town

May 7, 2012 by E. Casa de Calvo

Fluvanna, TX ~ We like to take detours on road trips, just to explore. However, this detour was short lived. We felt uneasy immediately upon entering the town. I’m sure this is due to watching too many “The Hills Have Eyes” flicks. Fluvanna is about an hour and a half away from Lubbock, TX. It seems this area was deserted around the 1940’s after railways were taken over by highways. As far as I can tell, it is still a ghost town.

Categories: Fluvanna, Texas • Tags: abandoned, beetle, bluff, brush, buildings, car, cliff, country, feild, fluvanna, grass, gravel, highway, horizon, powerlines, road, rocks, sky, stop sign, street, summer, texas, windmill

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Carlsbad Caverns National Park

May 5, 2012 by E. Casa de Calvo

Carlsbad, NM ~ Carlsbad is a neat place, but somewhat out of the way. If planning to visit, it would be best to anticipate spending the entire day, or more, here. The cavern tours can take hours depending on how far you’d like to walk. You certainly wouldn’t want to rush that, not that you could – them caves are slippery! I also enjoyed walking around outside. There are many interesting exhibits about the history of the land, the local plant/animal […]

Categories: Carlsbad, New Mexico • Tags: cactus, carlsbad, clouds, desert, hills, horizon, national park, new mexico, plants, pond, river, sky, summer, water

Downtown Boise

May 3, 2012 by E. Casa de Calvo

Boise, ID ~ While I lived in Boise, the state capitol building seemed to be under constant construction. It may have since been fully renovated, but somehow I doubt it. Another impressive aspect was the town’s cleanliness (no sarcasm implied; it was unusually clean). I have yet to visit a comparable city, except perhaps for Des Moines, IA. Finally, if you are ever in the neighborhood, you must visit the Egyptian Theater. It was established in 1927, and has been beautifully maintained. […]

Categories: Boise, Idaho • Tags: architecture, art, boise, buildings, captiol, city, clouds, construction, crane, design, downtown, historic, idaho, intersection, mural, old boise, sky, street, sunrise