Memorable Locations

"Through the years of our endeavors, for a richer, fuller life. We will cherish thee forever, though the days be filled with strife." Oh, if we had only known then, as we sang our school song, what we know now. I have been reading all the Random Thoughts posts and decided to add a new one to remember what I believe to be some of th memorable locations around our home town.

1. The Drag (from the lumber yard past the two dips to the Bachellor's house was the short one, and to the cemetery was the long version)
2. The Haunted House (you could go there for an archaeological reason or for no reason at all).
3. Robertson Road...just a nice long diversion from the drag.
4. The Char King restaurant was a great place in Lubbock to take a date for a terrific burger.
5. The tree row...a long row of trees, north of town, which seemed cool on a hot summer day.
6. Pierot's drug store. Awesome 25 cent chocolate sundaes, nickle cokes, crackers with french dressing, and a group of employees who were our parents every afternoon. Don't know how Wennie Bell and Odel put up with this every day. They received a lot of stars in their crowns.
7. All the churches...where we dressed in our little suits and ties or poofy dresses and ate dinner afterwards, then read the funny papers, and returned to pray that night at six. If you were a fan of Bonanza, you ate leftovers while sitting around the TV that evening.
8. The Quarter Mile Mark.....was a line drawn on the pavement at the cemetery and ended at Mr. Bradshaw's mail box. Bet he could have put us all behind bars!
9. Shirley Lake....A small depression, we called a lake, on the then highway 82, just north of town. One time it froze almost solid which made for some fun times for Kenneth Lott, Mike Hurst, and a few others, spinning their cars round and round.
10. Ralls Town Square....a place of adventure, or a place to take your life in your own hands if football rivalry was at a peek.
11. Last, but of course not the least, in my thoughts, is a place called, "Frame of Mind". I go there often when life seems to have gotten a little sour and stale. Thinking of how wonderful that was. Knowing so many fantastic people and places of comfort, some are still with us and some have gone before. e.g. Fanny Taylor, Ilene Stobaugh, Jonny Albertson/Bowman, Rev. Jack Pierce, The Carters, The Beavers, The Chapmans, The O'rears, The Jennings, The Hursts, The Batchellors.....and on.

I usually read what Gerre has written so eloquently and shy away from setting pen to paper (ha), but I wanted to share with you my thoughts on this cloudy, dreary November day. Wishing all of you a blessed Thanksgiving. Be safe, be happy and be with the ones you love, if not in person, in your hearts. We truly are blessed.