el capitan

 

The 5 and 1/2 hour commute to work today was over the Guadalupe Pass.  The Guadalupe Mountains National Park is in West Texas and contains Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet in elevation. El Capitan, the eighth highest peak in Texas is the southern terminus of the Guadalupe escarpment that forms the mountains. 

 

Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas

texas auto parts

 

The sign maker for Texas Auto Parts did not excel in geography -- his Texas outline is off.  Of course, this was before the age of computer graphics.  The place is long out of business but probably not because of the misshaped sign.  Wonder if customers ended up at Chihuahua Auto Parts on 42nd Street?

 

Somewhere on the wrong side of downtown

Odessa, Texas

6.16.2014

 

 

 

 



water for sale

 

Water versus oil is a Texas dilemma.

 

Midland County, Texas

(so named because it is halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso)

illumination

 

Today I toured the Wiggins complex which offices University Housing and Hospitality Services.  They used black and white photographs by Art Limmer as artwork (http://www.artielimmer.com).  I love Artie's work -- he has captured the spirit of Texas Tech.  I never thought about the Carol of Lights sans color but was taken by the Administration Building in b/w by Artie.  Enough that I hurried home to see what some of my Christmas shots would look like in monochrome. 

Season's Greetings in June!

 

Chemistry Building

Texas Tech

Lubbock, Texas

$500.00 -- no exception's

Cemetery Signs:

Evidently, for $500.00, you may have your choice of plots - complete with headstone.  Just choose your favorite name and ask the occupant to scoot over.

Jaybird Cemetery

off Highway 199 between Azle and Springtown

Parker County, Texas
9.20.2012

rattlesnake bomber base

Other than leftover concrete, there's little to indicate that Pyote Air Force Base was once a major training center for highly trained flying crews.  In the wide open spaces down the road from No Trees and Monahans, in 1944 Pyote had over 6,000 personnel  and countless rattlesnakes.  After the war the base stored over 2,000 planes, mostly B-29s and B-17s, as well as the Enola Gay.  Today one has to imagine the history, especially since the small museum is being moved to Monahans.

Pyote Air Force Base

www.co.ward.tx.us/ips/cms/PyoteRattlesnakeBomber

10.15.2006