Tiny Towns in New Mexico

Playing in New Mexico means a trip to see beading buddies. This year

L to R: Dave and Cynthia,Teri and John

the theme was the Roaring 20s and we had a great time partying in our retro duds. We also tried out a hotel and ate at a couple of dandy restaurants. All in all, it was another good time with good friends. We’re ready to do it again! In our travels, we ran into another county seat, and a few tiny towns as well as getting some kicks.

Parking in Parmer County

As a kid I thought calling something the ‘panhandle’ of a state was funny.

One of the older houses in Farwell

Of course, Oklahoma looked a bit like a pot with a handle, but Florida didn’t fit that image, and neither did Texas. Adults had odd ways of naming things, and this was one of their idiosyncrasies. Dave and I have driven through the Texas Panhandle lots of times, but we’ve never stopped in Parmer County and in particular Farwell. We can’t say that now.

Shoeing Mules in Bailey County

My grandmother talked about traveling to Muleshoe, Texas on a wagon

Muleshoe City Limit

when she was a child. She may have visited it, again, when she was at West Texas Normal College in Canyon, Texas. In any case, I was enamored with the name of this town and wondered what mule lost its shoe there. As we headed to New Mexico, I was surprised when that tiny town popped up on our GPS. Of course we had to make a stop.

Lighting up Lubbock County

Fine arts on a bridge

Lubbock County is among the 20 most populous counties in Texas. Part of Lubbock’s claim to fame is that it is home to a rather large university from which my niece and her husband graduated. We rolled into town late in the afternoon ready for a hotel and a good dinner. It was time for us to rest so we didn’t see much of the city. We’ll be back, again, someday soon since the Buddy Holly Center is still on my list of things to see.