Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for 1974

Actually, Ft. Davis has a higher elevation than Denver.

 

More like West Tx, but that's just because Tx is so many different
states all in one. Sure it's only 420 miles from Ft. Davis to Amarillo,
but that's the width of some states (or more). Many people don't
consider it "South" Tx until you get around San Antonio or farther.
Brownsville's another 550 miles south east from Ft. Davis; a city that
everyone would agree is in "south" Tx.

 

Total agreement. Fundmentally, N. Texas sucks eggs. Not only is there
no scenery, except forPalo Duro Canyon south of Amarillo which is way
out of the way and not much for touring on a bike, it's also nothing but
dry counties from Whichita Falls to Amarillo and then again to the NM
border. One of the worst road meals I've ever had was in Chillicothe
too.

East, West, Central and South Texas all have interesting and diverse
qualities that make it worthwhile to travel there, but forget the
Northern side, sorry for those folks who live there. Sell it to
Oklahoma and be done with it.

 

And lose the one thing they do have going for them.
--
Bob Mann

Before you critisize someone,
you should walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you critisize them,
you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

 

Pantex, the H-bomb plant NE of Amarillo.
Groundwater contamination included at no extra cost. ;^D

 

It's that classic lonesome dusty desert look reminiscient of "Giant",
"The Last Picture Show" and others of the ilk, true Americana.

 

I love the giant arrow in Quanah.
Been up and down 287 many many times.

It was right there after driving some good hours nonstop, kids wanted to
eat and it looked like any other decent small town cafe I'd eaten in
hundreds of times. I didn't die becasue it was too bad to eat much, it
was memorably bad food; even the kids said it too. It was like the
people running the place didn't want to serve some out of towners
passing thru and went out of their way to screw everything up. How can
a country cafe mess up a chicken fried steaK? Pretty funny in
retrospect, and wichita falls to amarillo is now a nonstop stretch.

 

been using the Archos 20 recorder for about 3 years now. 20gb of
storage. hard wired power to the bike. randmozed my 200 cd collection.
didn't repeat the entire collection more than 2 or 3 times during the
2003 IBR (11 days).