I do know know when I expected when I got here, but it wasn't what I found here. Lamesa was this odd little intersection between weird and traditional, mundane and funky, and I'm still processing it a little bit. When I got here, there was a baseball game being broadcast through speakers invisibly set up … Continue reading 108. Lamesa, Dawson County →

Not much to photograph here in Gail so I might as well get to the cache. Happily enough, there happens to be one right here at the courthouse, the Coyote Hitching Post. Well, there's the hitching post at the GZ. I'll start looking it over for a small. There's not a lot of places where … Continue reading 107. Gail, Borden County →

This was kind of an interesting place architecturally, I thought. Clever little buttresses, a slightly progressive feel from the older time when it was built. I can't entirely explain it. You ever just find yourself drawn to something? I just like it. I can't entirely explain it, but I like it. Not entirely logical, but … Continue reading 106. Snyder, Scurry County →

It's a little bit embarrassing how little time I spent here in Colorado City. I mean, I usually don't schedule much time to do things while I'm in any county. When I'm trying to hit 15 or more in a day? Fuggedaboutit. I walk, I take my photos, I go. That's the long and short … Continue reading 105. Colorado City, Mitchell County →

Grab a cup of coffee. This one is going to take a while... OK, let's talk about this. I have no doubt you know what I'm talking about here. The namesake of this town was an officer who ran a post near here who was also a war hero. At least that's the official statement. … Continue reading 104. Robert Lee, Coke County →

Schoooooool's OUT for SUMMER! This place literally looks like something out of Dazed and Confused. Heck, it looks like a couple of older high schools here in Austin. I wonder if there is a lot of overlap between courthouses and high schools of a certain period and their architects. That said, the place had a … Continue reading 103. Sterling City, Sterling County →

I was informed that this and Sterling City would be nicer courthouses than Big Springs. I can't entirely say that I agree with that assessment, but this one is sure lovely. I sort of wish I could have been here on a weekday because I feel this odd desire to go inside even though I … Continue reading 102. Garden City, Glasscock County →

I called a friend of mine from here and said to her "I'm all up in your hometown!" With a dash of disgust in her voice, she asked "Why?" It's funny for a number of reasons. First of all, that's a big, beautiful courthouse there. Majestic, even... Secondly, it's a college town (I didn't know … Continue reading 101. Big Spring, Howard County →

I turned off I-20 and cruised into town. A few quick turns and here I was. Modern-ish courthouse with an older seeming feature behind... I was even thinking how cool it would be to put a cache in that gazebo. Maybe something magnetic up in the inside of the dome or something similar? Nice thinking, … Continue reading 100. Stanton, Martin County →

Downtown Midland was a ghost town. Admittedly, it was early yet, but it's obviously one of those places where downtown is only for Monday-Friday business. The nights are probably dead and therefore dangerous. I bet I wouldn't want to walk these streets after dark. I actually got that feeling about the entire city. It felt … Continue reading 99. Midland, Midland County →