We drove from Tucumcari to Hedley, TX, today. We're spending the night at the Donley County Safety Rest Area. It's an interesting place, designed to represent the railroading history of the area as well as its Old West heritage and the arroyos used to drive cattle to market before the railroad. It's good to be back in our "home" state, even with the wind and flies and "Watch out for rattlesnakes!" signs.
The picnic area to the right has some train cars and is designed to look like a train platform. Inside the building are lots of displays, including a stack of old-timey luggage looking like the train porters just stacked it up for loading.
Another exhibit inside offers a choice of various videos. We watched one titled "Happy Hour Failure!" that was created entirely in Tweets and texts telling the sad tale of a friend arrested for DUI who finds himself without a driver license, in court and doing community service, broke from paying lawyers and court costs, etc., and out of a job. His "friends" have plans--but no room in the car for the luckless drinker. Well designed and pointed, we thought.
We found out today that Ed will be flying back to Atlanta and driving the family back to Lufkin the first of November. Of course we changed all our tentative plans and now expect to see all of them the first week of November. Yay!
Tomorrow we'll move on to Henrietta, TX.
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