Location: Liberal, KS
Odometer: 6000
On to Texhoma and across the panhandle of Oklahoma, (passing through it in about an hour) to Liberal,Kansas.
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Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas
Time and Date: ~3:00pm, 28 April 2011
Location: Liberal, KS
Odometer: 6000
Traveling northeast on US Highway 54, we pass through the town of Nara Visa, NM. The highway runs parallel to the Santa Fe railroad tracks. [ Once, in the early 1900s, Jerry's grandfather (who homesteaded land near here) had an accident on his ranch. His wife loaded him on a buckboard, drove him to Nara Visa, and flagged down the train. She put him in an empty freight car and he rode to the VA hospital in Albuquerque where he convalesced for 6 months. Probably the most exciting thing to ever happen in Nara Visa. ] A few miles farther and we're in Texas!
This part of Texas is very flat. Continuing on US Highway 54, we pass through Dalhart (another town rich in Watkins' history) and Stratford (where we had lunch). Between Dalhart and Stratford is Conlen, TX, where we see this Giant Cowboy statue. Kind of a Texas-style yard ornament.
On to Texhoma and across the panhandle of Oklahoma, (passing through it in about an hour) to Liberal,Kansas.
Location: Liberal, KS
Odometer: 6000
On to Texhoma and across the panhandle of Oklahoma, (passing through it in about an hour) to Liberal,Kansas.