Blast to the Past

Roswell UFO Museum Little Green Men

Roswell UFO Museum Little Green Men

    When local rancher Mack Brazell found extraterrestrial debris on his ranch and reported it to the local Sheriff a Pandora's box was opened. The local Sheriff called the local Air Force Base and a whirlwind of misinformation, disinformation, cover up was...

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Russell’s Travel Center Blast to the Past

Russell’s Travel Center Blast to the Past

    Russell's Travel Center sits on a New Mexico hill just before the Texas/ New Mexico State Line. It is close to Endee, one of those almost vanished New Mexico towns that shrink smaller and smaller as time barrels forwards. At Russell's you can gas up,...

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Water Wheel Observation Point- Palo Duro Canyon

Water Wheel Observation Point- Palo Duro Canyon

    There used to be a small stream here that meandered down the hill and went over the edge of the canyon and fell into a deep dark hole below us. The land's owner built himself an observation platform, erected a light pole, and built a water wheel that...

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Sandell Drive In Clarendon, Texas

Sandell Drive In Clarendon, Texas

    Drive In movies, in the fifties, were a popular family outing and also a place where teens, borrowing the family car, could get away and explore birds and bees in the back seat of station wagons. The latest Hollywood movies were projected onto huge...

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Goodnight Home Snapshots

Goodnight Home Snapshots

    Snapshots are all I have of the inside of the Goodnight home, taking us back to the late eighteen hundreds and early 1900's. Mr. Goodnight died just after the stock market crash of 1929 and he, at 93, was ready to move on, feeling he had lived in the...

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Charles Goodnight J and A Cattle Ranch

Charles Goodnight J and A Cattle Ranch

    Not far from Clarendon, Texas is the homestead and ranch headquarters of Charles Goodnight, a pioneer Texas rancher. In the mid to late 1800's, he controlled a ranch of over a million acres, had 180 cowboys on his payroll, and was an industry by himself....

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1990 Toyota SunRader Gypsy Tendencies

1990 Toyota SunRader Gypsy Tendencies

    1990 was one of the last years Toyota made these mini-motor homes. This little baby has a 6 cylinder 3.0 EFI engine, gets sixteen miles per gallon depending on terrain and weather and road conditions. She has air conditioning, a refrigerator that runs on...

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Naked Lady Conn Alto Sax

Naked Lady Conn Alto Sax

    Music is a tougher taskmaster than writing, but not by much. Laid on the bed is a 1940's Conn " Naked Lady " Alto Saxophone. Her sound is sweet, her lacquer finish is imperfect and worn, her response is excellent. This horn was bought at Baum's Music...

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Popsicles Jokes on a stick

Popsicles Jokes on a stick

    Popsicle's have been with us as long as I have been on this planet. Back when my shoes were size five, we neighborhood kids would hear music marching down our street and see a big white ice cream truck with black speakers mounted on its roof. It was...

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Fourth of July Celebration at Richard and Maria's

Fourth of July Celebration at Richard and Maria's

    The fourth of July is the official birthday of the United States. The American fight for Independence was hatched in Boston pubs and undertaken by a cadre of locals. Over taxed and under represented was the big beef and secretive plotting led to a...

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Owl Cafe Waking up

Owl Cafe Waking up

    The Owl Cafe was born in San Antonio, New Mexico, one of many New Mexican towns you zip past on the freeway, not even dots on the state road map. The original cafe doesn't have an owl on its roof and is a fifties style bar and grill with ancient cheap...

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