jeans so stiff they stand alone

 

Evidently there weren't enough cowboys to keep this motel/restaurant/laundry in business because the place is closed.  Ever order your jeans with "rodeo starch?"  Ironic to find Texas style starch in New Mexico.

 

Crystal Motel

Raton, New Mexico

cash only

 

If you are making lodging reservations in El Paso, do not confuse the Hotel Cortez with the Cortez Motel. 

 

The Hotel Cortez was in downtown El Paso, built in the 1920s as Hotel Hussman and renamed later in a contest.  JFK stayed there in 1963.  The hotel ceased operations in 1970 but there are on-going renovations plans for the building.

 

The Cortez Motel is on Alameda and accepts cash only.  An internet ad stated for the motel stated: "Cortez Motel is located near endless parking possibilities, allowing drivers to park with ease. So check in to Cortez Motel for a great night's rest while you're on El Paso."

 

Cortez Motel

7174 Alameda Avenue

El Paso, Texas

6.10.2016

no vacancy

 

The derelict condition of the Derrick Motel is probably due to the oil bust of the '80s rather than the current downturn.  Or it may be that not much traffic stops off the interstate in Clyde, Texas.

 

Derrick Motel

Clyde, Texas

3.4.2016



lodging choices

 

If you are coming to Lubbock for a Texas Tech football game, the Stadium Motel is conveniently located across the street from Jones AT&T Stadium.  However, that probably would not be a good choice -- the reviews of the single-story, 20-room motel are bad and it ranks #46 out of 56 motels in Lubbock; besides, this evening it showed a "no vacancy" sign.  A few blocks away, past the high-rise apartment buildings, is the Overton Hotel, a AAA Four-Diamond facility.  Before the new constructions, when University Avenue was still College Avenue, J. T. Davis, father of Mac Davis, operated the College Courts, an efficiency apartment complex. Mac lived there while growing up, just south of the Stadium Motel, but progress has removed many of the old places -- Stadium Motel excluded. If you wish, at the Overton Hotel, you can request the Mac Davis Suite, named for the hometown boy who "done good."  Located on the 15th floor, the Mac Davis Suite has a panoramic view of Lubbock and will only set you back $999.00 a night (breakfast included).

 

Stadium Motel

405 University Avenue

Lubbock, Texas