As you depart Lubbock on Highway 62/82, the order is: Idalou, Lorenzo, Ralls, etc. I already had pictures taken in Idalou. So, after a recent snowfall, with some snow still on the ground here and there, we drove to Ralls and took photos and then turned around and stopped in Lorenzo on the way back and took more photos there. The first pics, then, depict Ralls.
In order to actually ENTER these towns you need to turn off of 62/82...
This structure is the first thing you see as you drive into Ralls.
We did find something interesting, however.
We found these facilities, used by the South Plains Food Bank. It appeared to us that their fence had suffered recent vandalism. Somebody in what must have been a very heavy truck had mashed it down in one spot. Vandalism is a major problem in Lubbock.
This is in the Southeast, where development is not taking place.
All this stuff is well within the city limits, and goes to show the stark contrast between the "rich" and "poor" sides of town... although some might object to that terminology, Lubbock is and always has been a divided city.
Southwest Lubbock expands beyond all bounds, with housing developments, some very, very rich.
In that part of town you can see vast estates, mansions, castles, redoubts, bastions of wealth and privilege, dwellings you could wander in for days, and never find your way out. In some of those homes, I swear, you'd need a GPS device to locate the nearest of a dozen bathrooms, each the size of the average home in the "other" side of town. Stark contrast!
Some more of Lubbock next time, and then Ralls and Lorenzo. By scrolling through the history of posts here, other sets of photos can be accessed. By this time, there are quite a lot.
Of course, this is Super Bowl Sunday, and, quite frankly, neither one of us gives a damn.
I mean the end of this series of pics from Petersburg, Texas.
I saw the house below as we drove into Petersburg. I photographed it on the way out of town. I think these were the best of all the photos I took that day.
It's just an old, fallen, farmhouse, out in the boonies...
There was another one, across the road, way out in a cotton field.
In order to actually ENTER these towns you need to turn off of 62/82...
This structure is the first thing you see as you drive into Ralls. 
