From Stanton to Marathon
We left Midland around 8:30 AM on Saturday February 17, 2001 after a quick stop for breakfast at McDonald's. Our first stop was in Stanton, Texas. I did not exactly know where our destination was located in Stanton, but it is a small town and it would not be hard to find. We drove around and after a couple of streets North of Business 20 we saw what we were looking for. We were looking for an old empty building, that was once a Catholic dormitory that is suppose to be haunted.
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After leaving Stanton we drove East on I-20 and turned on 208 just East of Colorado City. We drove South on 208 and turned East on 158 in Robert Lee. Passed through the towns of Bronte and Maverick,Texas.
Our destination was the Texas Grill in |
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We headed North to Abilene on Hwy. 83 and eat lunch at the Cotton Patch Cafe. We continued North on Hwy. 83 passing through the towns of Hawley, Anson, Hamlin, and Aspermont. Hey isn't the Aspermont Bat Cave located near here? We stopped to stretch our legs at the George Preston Humphrey's Memorial Roadside Park in King County just South of Guthrie. |
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At Guthrie we turned on Hwy. 82 and drove through the town of Dickens and stopped in the town of Crosbyton at a choke and puke store/cafe to get gas and relieve our bladders. It would have been cleaner to go outside! Onward West on Hwy. 82 to Ralls and then turn North on 62. Cone is just a spot in the road and we stopped in Floydada to see it the old supposedly haunted Lamplighter Commercial Hotel was open to maybe attempt to spend the night there. Much to our dismay it was closed and looked in a terrible shape. Floydada is a small town with no other places to accommodate one for the night. |
  
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We decided to find nightly accommodations in the town of Plainview and passed through the small communities of Sand Hill and Barwise. At this point we had to break out the "Roads of Texas" map book since the small 2 lane county roads were not in the Atlas of the USA, after a wrong turn. We stayed at the Super 8 in Plainview, Texas and ate supper at the Kettle across the street. We woke up and stopped at McDonald's for breakfast and left the cold but scenic town of Plainview. Did you know they have big plastic cows outside nearly every business? Must be something to do with the ranching in the area. We left Plainview on I-27 and headed to Lubbock, Texas. We went around the Northern edges of Loop 289 and skewered out on Hwy. 62-82 passing through the small farming communities of Wolfforth, Ropesville and Meadow. |
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On through Brownfield, Texas and through the towns of Wellman and Seagraves
and we turned on Hwy. 62-180 in Seminole and on West to Hobbs,
New Mexico where we found my friend Tony not to be home.
Oh I don't think his house is haunted. |
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We passed a large tower and satellite dish installation too? Oil field? I dunno!  |
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We continued South on Hwy. 18 through the familiar towns of Jal, NM.., Kermit, Monahans, Royalty, and Grandfalls, Texas. We stopped to stretch our legs a roadside park along Hwy. 18 and heard a helicopter of which I was able to get a picture. |
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Pictures at the roadside park. We ate wheat thins and cream cheese for lunch. Hey, it's my trip! |
We went on to Ft. Stockton, Texas where we switched over to Hwy. 385 and continued South, so the next pictures are taken at one of the most scenic roadside parks in Texas and is located in the "Glass Mountains" |
| Leaving Pecos County and looking on into Brewster County. |
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We were going to stay at the Gage Hotel there in Marathon and see if it was haunted. The place has atmosphere and a unique quality of the old west. |
