South Lubbock, Tahoka Highway, The Strip

We started poking around at what used to be "The Strip", and then we went elsewhere, taking county roads that only the farmers use.

Thousands and thousands of cars passed through here, for many years, while Lubbock made a pretense of being "dry". A joke from the first day.

Over the years, I passed through in a 1955 Chevy, a 1956 Chevy, a VW convertible, a VW Sedan, a 1965 Chevy Pickup, a VW bus with twin Weber carbs on a custom manifold, a Pinto Station Wagon, a friend's Corvette, a friend's hot rodded 1958 Chevy, a Big Chevy van-- the list goes on and on. Until there was no more strip. Sanity prevailed at last.

Does it bother me that there are liquor stores in town, that you can buy beer and wine in any supermarket? Actually, no. Not at all.

We drove until we fell off the edge of Lubbock.