Yuletide Texana

A few images from my trip back to the Dallas/Ft Worth area for Christmas. I apologize for the rather hasty compositions, but I was in a time crunch. I need to go back and do them up right, but I just wanted to share these with you.


This is the world's largest roadrunner, Fort Stockton's own Paisano Pete, all decked out for the holidays. Paisano, by the way, is the local name for the roadrunner which means "little friend," a name given to them because they would follow the cattle drives hunting for insects stirred up in the herd's wake.


Here we have the Girvin Social Club in bustling Girvin, Texas (pop. 50). The original town of Girvin is officially a ghost town now, as the "town" moved itself a mile to the east when the highway went through. I just found this out and must go check it out someday. This is the current Girvin, or at least most of it. A couple of run-down houses and an old rusting Santa Fe boxcar comprise the rest.


This is the Texas Grill in Ballinger. I just love the cafe's signs, as well as the building itself, but have yet to actually go in and sample its fare. I really must remedy that someday.


Here we are at the Glen Rose Information Center. I've been coming to Glen Rose to camp since before the big fossil and dinosaur footprint boom, and way before the State Park came ever into existence. (In fact, they took over my favorite camping spot on the Paluxy River.)


And here we have an abandoned movie theater in Big Lake. I don't know how many times I've traveled Highway 67 and this is the first time I've even noticed this thing. How's that for observation? I don't even know the name of the theater, but I'm going to find out somehow.