Comments on: Why the bleep would I want to go there?

By: Seafarer

Seafarer — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:56:36 +0000

Thanks for the comments, Bill. I watched Bobby Knight yesterday, in fact, against UNLV. I’m sure the record is coming his way!

Sheila

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:38:25 +0000

Don’t forget Texas tech University. Home of the Red Raiders and our favorite bad boy Bob Knight. Catch him heading toward #880. Lubbock Christian University is also a good place to catch some college sports. Don’t get too complacent about leaving your car doors unlocked though. Raised two kids here who are doing quite well. Cost of living, housing prices and premier medical care make it a great retirement community. It’s a place where everybody eats out on Friday night. We’re “The Giant Side of Texas.”

By: Seafarer

Seafarer — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:33:42 +0000

Hi Linda,

I appreciate your thoughtful comments and even though I’m more of a city gal, I do see the charm in small towns.

From your Family Travel Gear Web site it looks like you live in or near Denver. I’ve always wanted to see more of Colorado….any places you can recommend?

Hope the holiday shoppers are good to your business!

Best wishes, Sheila

By: Seafarer

Seafarer — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:26:39 +0000

Thanks for the comment, KC, and don’t be surprised if we DO show up to visit your town!.

I enjoyed looking through your blog; my teacher husband was a full-time Dad with each of our kids until they were about 3, so it’s nice to see your focus on Dad stuff in addition to your many other interests — saw that you’re an ISTP — I’m an INFP.

Best wishes, Sheila

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:41:02 +0000

I have never been to Lubbock, never heard of it and know nothing about it except for the comments and brief description of information in your blog. With this limited information, I feel the desire to travel with my family down that direction. Why? You might ask? Because it’s not the tourist designations that draw me to locations, but the American Dream that draws me to visit places. Lubbock sounds like a quiet, peaceful little place where parents can raise their children without fear. A place where the clock ticks just a bit slower. A place where neighbors all know each other, and where you can probably leave your car doors unlocked in your driveway, or even your front door with just the screen shut to keep the bugs out. I don’t know about you, but visions of open fields and miles of sky sound really nice to me. I have seen a lot of big cities, but it’s the small towns that call to me. Places where you can find ‘real people’ living ‘real lives’. Yes, Lubbock is sounding better and better already.

By: KC

KC — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:21:09 +0000

There’s more than that in Lubbock, but you have indeed noted a few of the interesting spots.

I live in Lubbock (almost a decade now), and I’ll be glad to show you around if you make it here.

– Keith

By: Seafarer

Seafarer — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:17:45 +0000

Hi Wendy,

Thanks very much for your comment, and I hope I wasn’t too hard on Lubbock. I knew about the Buddy Holly Center but not the glider museum (and gliders were key to a lot of what the Allies did to re-take Europe in WWII.)

Always good to get the scoop from an insider; appreciate your visit.

Sheila

By: Wendy Foster

Wendy Foster — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:07:51 +0000

Its sometimes difficult for me living in a city like Lubbock, to respond to those looks of disdain when I mention where I live. When I first moved here (to be close to my family) I also felt that way about this city. But its not so bad once you take a minute to look around and see what there is to experience. I’m not saying its always as exciting as a big city that never sleeps, but there are some great aspects of this place.

When you make your trip up, don’t forget to visit the Buddy Holly Center, a museum that not only houses Buddy Holly artifacts, but two phenomenal art galleries with rotating exhibits. Also, the Silent Wings Museum is worth checking out. Its a very cool museum about the glider program of World War II, with actual airplanes on display that you can look into. Its located in the old Lubbock airport.

Oh, and I saw the Titanic exhibit a couple weekends ago – it was amazing. Definitely worth the trip here.

Hope you enjoy it when you come!

By: Marina Kuperman

Marina Kuperman — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:38:41 +0000

if you do, give us a shout out, we love guests!

By: Seafarer

Seafarer — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:29:23 +0000

Hi Marina,

Thanks very much for the link; I added yours as well since so many people are interested in travel to Costa Rica these days. Hope to make it down there myself!

Sheila