so..what's there to do in Lubbock
 

lookout Lubbock..incoming!

i'll hit some gun/outdoor stores for sure, since they are damn near useless around here.


food? my buddy is "recovering" so i wont be spending time in any great bars.

i havent been there since i visited to see if i would fit Texas Tech..(i didnt), i am excited to see how it has changed.

You can do a selfie next to Buddy Holly statue

that will be the day.....

Get a pair of custom made boots?

West Texas has top-notch quail hunting (both bobwhite and blues).

hmmm..purpose of this trip IS sandhill crane. i will be gun heavy..haha.

we are then going to NM to chase a huge flock of Gambles quail.

Don't quit your day job. :D

It made me laugh

Seems to me there are some good Tex Mex places in Lubbock

i swear..there was something wrong with the mic.

Get drunk, eat BBQ, fk, sleep, shyte..did I say get drunk?

I spent several months in Lubbock a few years back and I don't recall anything worth mentioning there. There is the Buddy Holly museum, but I was too apathetic about him to even check that out. The food sucked. I don't recall there being that much scenery, in spite of it being a major college town. I would stay far away from the football stadium, on any given Saturday.

"Only two things in Lubbock Texas, steers, and queers.....which one are you boy" ?

You could take a trip up north to Palo Duro Canyon

https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/palo-duro-canyon

Anyone can love the mountains. Takes a true soul to love the llano estacado. High lonesome prairies...

Stay out of Walmart on Friday or Saturday night unless you are packing.

well, that song is now burned into my brain on a permanent loop now. yay!!

I lived there for a little over a year (moved for a job). I hated it, couldn’t leave fast enough. Nice people but no other redeeming qualities.

Keep driving.

As for the custom made boots: San Antonio or El Paso

A sample of the scenery

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1509733935.jpg

Two words.

Cow Tipping

You can go look at the tree.

How much do you tip a cow? 15-20%?

My bad, I presumed Lubbock might be reasonably close to one of those places... google mapped it... not so much :(

i grew up in ElPaso. i knew the founder of Rocket Boots.

i dont wear cowboy boots. :) maybe cheap ropers on horse pack trips.

and Lubbock sounds like a good time :)

I'm sorry.

Hell, it's west Texas. There isn't crap to do in west Texas. You know this, you're from there. Outside of Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, Texas isn't worth much, if you're looking for good food and things to do.

If you don't buy any boots, buy a couple hats. Your line of work, you need a good hat.

JR

Brush up on your line dancing!

Do you like BBQ?

I got nothing for Lubbock, buy I'm guessing a city of 250K people must have something going on for food and entertainment.

I did a work trip to Fort Worth and had a great time.

Don't forget Austin. They may be weird (which can be entertaining) but they've also got some really good food, better scenery, and it's got a lot better driving in the area than Houston or Dallas.

Thats not Lubbock. Lubbock scenery is kind of bland, but its cotton, sorghum, wheat, corn and pasture, not creosote. Soils the wrong color too. Pic looks like it could be over in NM between Hobbs and Carlsbad.

I have spent a lot of time in Austin. Some of the worst traffic jams I've been in were in Austin. I remember the 10 years or so it took them to redo the highway intersection in the middle of town. It turned interstate 35 into a parking lot.

There's a couple good restaurants, but you can keep Sixth Street. I'm sure there's some scenery there too, but I'm not into tattoos and piercings.

There is one "bar" there that's pretty good, but it shall remain nameless.

Love the Walmart comment — I went to decent BBQ place in Lubbock last year (had free beer) — I’ll try and get the name .....

Pic taken towards Seminole

Wow, interesting place.

I stared as far as I could see; and I saw the back of my own head.

So, apart from bagging a few birds, how was Lubbock?

Better than my first time. 33 years changed that place for the better.

Decent enough food. Subpar craft beer found.
Gas prices all over the place. 25 cent swings from block to block.

White ford trucks dominate the roadscape.

And they have a Cabelas!

Never did find the tree. I bet it was over by the hill.

I was in Lubbock in 1991 for a couple of hours. I still regret spending too much time there.

Ski Lubbock

But seriously...

James McMurtry says it best
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