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Dallas to Seattle Day 1: Dallas to Lubbock

21 April 2021 • 516 km / 321 mi (map)

  • Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 6 May 2021
  • Texas 2

I’d long been curious about the Texas Panhandle region, but never had a compelling reason to actually visit. That reason recently appeared in the form of a family matter that required me to go to Dallas quickly, but left me with time to come home slowly and thoughtfully.

Herewith, Day 1 of my sojourn from Dallas to Seattle starting in west Texas:

An abandoned brick commercial building and a weathered, gutted single-story structure sit along an empty roadside in Eastland, Texas, with a freight train of stacked containers passing behind them under an overcast sky.
Eastland, Texas
Hey, it may be flat and lonely, but at least you can drive fast!
A weathered, abandoned corrugated metal barn or grain building with sagging rooflines and rust streaks stands in a rural field under a heavy overcast sky, framed by bare brush and a leafless tree, with a two-lane highway and grassy shoulder in the foreground.
east of Anson, Texas
An abandoned former gas station and store under an overcast sky, with faded painted lettering reading “Yeats Pecan Farm” and “Antiques” on its weathered white facade. A rusting metal canopy on steel poles extends over a cracked gravel lot dotted with weeds, with green trees framing the derelict building in Ruby, Texas.
Ruby, Texas
Post, Texas (Is your money happy here?)

Cotton Court Hotel

I have a thing for well-decorated boutique hotels, and I found the delightful Cotton Court Hotel in Lubbock for my first night. It’s newly built, but they carried a historically-influenced style off with aplomb. I doubt my travels will ever take me through Lubbock again, but I know where I’d stay if they do:

A corrugated metal building wall painted with the words “The Midnight Shift,” with “Midnight” in large red script and the other words in black, set against a clear blue sky. In the foreground, a landscaped area of sandy gravel dotted with small desert shrubs and tufts of dry grass catches warm late-afternoon light.
A weathered, rustic sign reading “You have arrived — Cotton Court Hotel” with a cotton boll logo and metal horn decorations, standing in a sparsely planted mulch bed in front of a tan mid-century building, with an “Ave Q” street sign, an orange traffic cone, and the photographer’s shadow visible in the foreground under a bright blue sky.
Dallas to Lubbock, Texas · 516 km / 321 mi
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