wide open spaces

 

Route 207 from Silverton to Claude is scenic, going through Palo Dura Canyon, but there's not much to see.  Texas Highway 86 is 149 miles long -- from Bovina to Estelline.  You'll drive a ways on it going to Clarendon.  And you'll have time to ponder why the rancher/farmer named his place "Shinbone."

 

Highway 86 east of Claude, Texas

2.21.2014

 

 

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 I confess.  I have a condition.  It has a name - or several.  I am a tombstone tourist,  a taphophile, a graveyard junkie.  The term "tombstone tourist" originated with the title of Scott Stanton's book chronicling the final resting places of famous musicians.  Scott passed away in 2013 and I wanted to read his obituary to see where he is buried; however, I didn't want to pay the "legacy" fee to read it! 

The only famous musician gravesites I have visited are Buddy Holly in Lubbock and Hank Williams in Birmingham.  This sign points to the graveyard in Goodnight, Texas where Charles Goodnight is buried.  Not a famous musician but a cattle rancher, bison breeder and inspiration for "Lonesome Dove."

Goodnight Cemetery
Armstrong County, Texas