I found that picking up passengers in the cities I visited not only gave me the chance to tell my story, but to also get to know the cities in ways that would not have been possible if I was just passing through. I still had bills to pay, so I still had to make a living.
I would talk to the customers and find out what they liked and disliked about their cities. I would ask questions. I would give answers, based on the information I gathered. And, I would see and experience things I normally wouldn't get to experience otherwise.
Someone told me I should go and see Prairie Dog Town in McKenzie Park. I did a Google search and found out more about it, then I went to go see it, and posted pictures on Facebook for my friends and family to be jealous.
I had never seen a prairie dog before. They were adorable!
I fell in love with Lubbock.
The city was clean. The streets were well maintained, aside from a few construction spots - which every city has. It was laid out in a way that made it so easy to navigate!
There were about 250,000 people there, and even though it was a fairly big city, it acted like a small town. Everyone knew everyone, and everyone could tell you what was going at any given time in the city.
There were lots of great places to eat and be entertained.
I drove Coe Wetzel's bus driver to a motel from the venue they were playing at, Cook's Garage!
I drove on Buddy Holly Drive and Mac Davis Street, both were natives of Lubbock, and Lubbock was proud of them!
After about a week of driving around in Lubbock, seeing Texas Tech University and picking up customers there on a daily basis, my car started acting up. I took it to a local mechanic, but they wanted to charge me $165 just to look at it. I only had $500 in my savings, and what I thought was wrong with it might cost about $400, so I figured I should go back to Texarkana to have my mechanic check it out. So, I started on the 8 hour trip back to Texarkana.
It was the first week of October.
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