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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Colorado Road Trip 1: To Wichita Falls
We chose the Falls for our first sojourn along the Colorado Trail in order to shop for books at Larry McMurtry’s complex in the Archer City courthouse square. Also to trace the relatively short, relatively remote-from-Austin Wichita River.
This is Nick and Nora’s first multi-state road trip. Our full-sized Labs love a good ride or any hint of adventure, but making them a part of travel party with three adult men and Costco-purchased supplies is something of a challenge. That’s why we rented the largest SUV available.
Didn’t know this: Cisco birthed the Hilton hotel empire and now hosts the Conrad Hilton Center, as well as the surprisingly large, hilltop Cisco Junior College.
One can road-trip in Texas for decades without visiting every region, and that around Wichita Falls is new to me. The city of 100,000 is bolstered by its university, hospitals and military installations. Oil and agriculture still support a fraction of the economy. Its freeway system — a lot of it brand new — seems overbuilt.
The Wichita Fallas theater pictured here is a 1920s auditorium built in the mission/baroque revival style of the San Antonio, Marlin and Dallas venues of the same era.
Photos by Joe Starr
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