Category: Texas/New Mexico trips
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Three days in Boomtown + an accident. March 28-30, 2021
I lived in Houston, Texas for two years 1979 – 81, just after I had graduated from an international business school in the Phoenix area (Thunderbird) and I wanted a job in “international business,” whatever that meant. I had heard that Houston had a vibrant job market. I wanted to take on the world, to […]
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Flatlanders: Lubbock, Texas; April 16-19, 2018
I have family roots in Lubbock, Texas and I went out there to explore them by bicycle. My buddy Lyman graciously agreed to accompany me. Lubbock (population 252,000) is at the center of a huge plain, hundreds of miles wide through the northern panhandle of Texas, spilling over into New Mexico I always […]
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Cycling the Texas Hill Country with three old friends, April 12 – 15, 2018
As most of my readers know, I do a lot of solo bicycling trips. I have also done some with my friend Lyman. This trip would be even more more social; it would give me the chance to hang out with some of my oldest and best friends. Tom Constantine, Lyman Labry, […]
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New Mexico, October 19-23, 2013
New Mexico is a fascinating place. The Native Americans have been living here for thousands of years, and Hispanics have been living here at least since about the year 1600. Henry and I flew out to Albuquerque in late October, and Lyman joined us from Austin TX. The weather was generally stunning; low […]