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Lubbock became home in the Spring of 2011.
Traded in down jackets for shorts & T's
Joy Blooms
. . . making Lubbock home
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See the Sights of Lubbock, Texas |
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These are sights that are on our list of
"must see & do"
e-Mail me
with your thought or suggestions |
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First Friday Art
Trail 1st Friday of each month from 6-9 pm
If you're in Lubbock on a Friday or Saturday night--especially if it's the First Friday of
the month, don't miss the
Depot District.
The Depot District is Lubbock's Arts District, and on the
First Friday of the month, you'll find the First Friday Art Trail. On those evenings,
funky, eclectic and even elegant galleries throw open their doors and show incredible art.
Often times, there will be more than 30 venues. Quaint city trolleys ferry passengers from
locale to locale, but you can usually walk at least part of the way. Catch the
free trolley to visit all the exciting venues on the trail. First Friday Trolleys run
continuously in downtown Lubbock during FFAT hours. Check the
map to see where
the trolley stops.
The Depot District is bounded by 19th Street,
Interstate -27 and goes all the way to Avenue J and Sixth Street. |
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Prairie Dog Town is located in
McKenzie State Park. Hundreds of prairie dogs and a few burrowing owls enjoy
being fed in McKenzie State Park. We went here. Prairie Dog town?
Was expecting to see a miniature village much like that at
Tiny Town in Colorado.
The "town?" is just a large dirt field with Prairie Dog
burrows. There is a 2ft.+/- concrete wall fence around the perimeter. It
keeps the people out but did not keep the prairie dogs in. Saw new "home" being
built outside the "wall." Nope, won't go back, not even with visitors. |
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The Buddy Holly Center is located at
1801 Crickets Avenue in Lubbock, TX. It is open on Tuesday - Saturday from
10:00 am to 5:00 pm. It is also open on Sundays from 1:00 - 5:00 pm.
Buddy Holly is a native son of Lubbock. So it seems
fitting that the city would have a museum dedicated to him. This was one of
the first places we stopped. The center has a collection of items from his
childhood and from is days as a performer. They showed a biographical movie in the
"theater." This is not an all-day affair. It only took a few minutes to walk
through and see the sights. The best part was the extra large eyeglasses by the
outside sign. Guess you have to see it once. Next time we go will
be when we out-of-town visitors. |
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Holly Festival to celebrate its native son. The festivities often take place around
the Buddy Holly Statute and the West Texas Walk of Fame, located just west of the Lubbock
Civic Center . The annual music festival, celebrated as close as possible to Holly’s
September 7 birthday, draws thousands of people to hear music of the 1950s and 1960s.
We missed it, maybe 2012 or maybe not. |
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McPherson Cellars Winery 1615 Texas
Avenue Lubbock, TX 79401 (806) 687-9463
Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 12pm-5pm2000, McPherson
Cellars was created to honor winemaker Kim McPherson & father, Dr. Clinton "Doc"
McPherson, a founder and pioneer of the modern Texas wine industry. Built in the old
Coca-Cola bottling plant in the historic Depot District, the winery offers a great place
to relax and enjoy a glass of wine, either in our tasting room or lush courtyard.
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Stars & Stripes Drive-In located at
5101 Clovis Hwy in Lubbock.
Between Frankford & Quaker on Hwy 84. We'll have to go there. It has three
screens, each with two scheduled movies. The first movies start shortly before
9:00 pm. It has a 50's Cafe and a Gift shop. Oh Boy!
We'll plan to take in a movie in
Spring of 2012. Something to which to look forward. |
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Science Spectrum & OMNI Theater
is located at 2579 S. Loop 289 in Lubbock. It is a hands-on science/technology
museum featuring over 250 interactive exhibits, West Texas' only public aquarium & live
science shows. Plan on spending a couple of hours. Exhibits are directed toward
children. Also housed at the museum is an OMNI Theater - a 160-degree domed
screen movie theater. Opens at 10 am Mon-Sat and at 1 pm on Sun
Definitely plan to visit in 2012! |
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America Wind Power Center is a museum dedicated to the American Style Water
Pumping Windmill and includes exhibits on wind power history. It is located at
1701 Canyon Lake
Drive in Lubbock. The center has 120
restored windmills. Most are scattered along the grounds shared by the American Museum of
Agriculture. The center operates the city's first wind-turbine which powers the center,
the neighboring museum, and 40 homes adjacent to the grounds.
Visited this one.
Hubby is interested in doing some consulting in the wind energy area. |
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American Museum of Agriculture
located at 1501 Canyon Lake Drive. The museum houses a collection that ranges from
household items to Moldboard plows and tractors. It is open from 10:00 a.m. until
5:00 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Yep, maybe
I'll get some inspiration there. |
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The Depot District The Depot Entertainment District is the dynamic heart and entertainment center of
Lubbock’s reemerging downtown scene. The Depot is the heartbeat of Lubbock’s nightlife.
You can find a wide array of themed venues offering live music every weekend. Whether you
visit all locations or have a favorite, you’ll have a fun-filled music weekend,
Texas-style. Restaurants, entertainment and shops are also offered in the Depot
Entertainment District. |
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Apple Country Hi Plains Orchards on site are
a unique gift shop, a bakery and a country café. The 29 year old orchard is comprised of
30 varieties of apples that can be picked from the tress or bought in the Apple Country
store. Apples are available for picking from early July to early November.
Open daily: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm (Sunday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm). Located at 12206 East
Hwy 62 (4 miles E. of Idalou)in Idalou, TX Take 62/82 to Idalou, continue 4 miles
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Joyland Amusement Park located in beautiful Mackenzie Park in Lubbock, Texas. From I-27, take exit
number 4. Enter Mackenzie Park from the North bound access road.
JOYLAND begins the 2011 season March 19th (weather permitting) and
remains open through October 2, 2011. The park opens at 2:00 PM on Saturdays, Sundays, and
holidays and 7:00 PM weeknights beginning May 31 and running through August 19, 2010.
Closing time varies during the spring and fall. The armband entitles guests to ride all
the rides (except where safety regulations impose height and/or weight restrictions).
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Silent Wings Museum
Driving Directions: From I-27 take Exit 9. The museum
is located two blocks east of I-27. Look for the building with the silver "G-Wings"
on the tower.
Mon: CLOSED Tues - Sat: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sun: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Transport yourself into the era of swing music and patriotism and experience World War II
as told by the glider pilots who lived it. View a restored WACO CG-4A, mainstay of the
U.S. glider force that flew in every major invasion of the Second World War |
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National Ranching Heritage Center
Texas Tech University 3121 Fourth Street, Lubbock, 79409 (806) 742-0498
Must visit the Gift Shop - has a Texas-shaped cookie cutter and wonderful Texas mugs -
reasonable prices too.It is a collection of
historic houses and buildings that have been brought to the site and restored. If
possible, call in advance and find out when the Docents will be in the houses giving extra
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Lubbock Cemetery 2011
East 31st Street
Lubbock, Texas 79404 The Cemetery gates remain open
7 days a week during daylight hours (dawn to dusk).
The Umlauf Angel was commissioned by the
Cemetery Board in 1958 and was sculpted by international sculptor, Charles Umlauf
(1911-1994). The Angel is the only full-size casting of an angel that Umlauf ever made. It
is eleven feet in height and stands on a granite pedestal four feet tall. It is made of a
concrete composite commonly known as cast stone. The City of Lubbock Cemetery is
proud to have been designated as a Texas Historic Cemetery |
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American Museum of Agriculture
1501 Canyon Lake Drive Lubbock, TX 79403 806-744-3786
Wed. thru Sat. from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Today, the collection ranges from household items to Moldboard plows and tractors. The
American Museum of Agriculture currently houses restored tractors, a threshing machine,
broadcast binder, combine, 71 pedal tractors, 300 die-cast toy tractors, and approximately
300 other artifacts and pieces of smaller equipment. In storage, the museum has
horse-drawn equipment, field condition tractors, threshing machines, combines, grain
binders, mowing machines, grain drills, hay rakes, hay balers, cotton strippers and cotton
trailers. |
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Museum of Texas Tech 3301 4th
Street Lubbock, Texas 79409
The main Museum complex is located on the SE corner
of 4th Street and Indiana Avenue (3301 4th Street), across from the TTU Health Sciences
Center and UMC Hospital. Free public parking is available in 4th Street and Indiana Avenue
lots. Admission to the Museum is free of charge
Museum: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10am to
5pm; Thursday, 10am - 8:30pm; Sunday, 1 to 5pm; Closed Monday
Established in 1929, the Museum is an educational,
scientific, cultural, and research element of Texas Tech University. It is a
not-for-profit institution by virtue of being a part of Texas Tech University. The
Museum is an educational, scientific, cultural, and research element of Texas Tech
University. It consists of several components: the main Museum building, the Moody
Planetarium, the Natural Science Research Laboratory, the research and educational
elements of the Lubbock Lake Landmark, and the Val Verde County research site. The
Museum of Texas Tech University was first accredited by the American Association of
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Lubbock Lake Landmark
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Tuesday - Saturday, 9am to 5pm, and 1 to 5 PM on Sunday; Closed Monday
The Lubbock Lake Landmark, a renowned North
American archeological site, contains a complete cultural record from the Clovis Period
(12,000 years ago) through historic times, making Lubbock one of the oldest communities in
the world! The Landmark is home to the Robert A."Bob" Nash Interpretive Center.
Learning Center, offering tours of the site daily, and the archeological facility, the
Quaternary Research Center, where ongoing investigations are conducted into the ancient
history of the region.Lubbock Lake
Landmark is located at North Loop 289 and the Clovis Hwy (US 84) on Landmark Lane, just
north of the Clovis Hwy and west of the Burl Huffman Athletic Complex. Free public parking
is available on the hill above the Robert A. "Bob" Nash Interpretive Center.
Admission is free of charge. |
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The NSRL is not generally available for
public viewing, visit the
NSRL website
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Natural Science Research Laboratory --
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Natural Science Research Laboratory (NSRL) is a
division of the Museum of Texas Tech University committed to the mission of building and
preserving a library of our planet's natural heritage for education and research purposes.
Innovative programs in Systematics, Data Management, and Biological Informatics make the
NSRL a leader in preservation methodology for biological collections across the country.
The NSRL affords vast resources for scholarly study. It boasts collections in mammalogy,
herpetology, ornithology, invertebrates, and genetics resources. The Recent Mammal
Collection contains over 175,000 specimens from all over the world; the Invertebrates
Collection contains over 1 million specimens. An 18,000+sq.ft. addition was constructed in
2004-05, with funds from Ben E. Keith, to provide for expansion of collections and
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Moody Planetarium --
The Moody Planetarium, originally an
82-seat, 30'-diameter domed auditorium equipped with an A4 Spitz Starball projector, has
undergone extensive renovation, chiefly funded by the Museum of TTU Association. When it
reopened in 2006, the planetarium boasted state-of-the-art equipment and programs. The
newly outfitted, 71-seat Moody Planetarium offers daily public shows and specially
scheduled school programs about science and astronomy, along with exciting laser and
sounds shows. |
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Helen DeVitt Jones Auditorium
& Sculpture Court -- Helen DeVitt
Jones, philanthropist and patron, had a dream that the Museum should be a place for
everyone to enjoy and for it to be a cultural hub for the community. Following her death
in 1997, The CH Foundation, Inc., provided funds to construct a much needed
auditorium and sculpture court for public programs and events. The resulting 48,000 square
foot addition to the Museum building includes both the main features mentioned and much
more. Such facilities as a catering kitchen, ADA restroom facilities, Green
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Diamond M Gallery --
The Diamond M Gallery wing was added to
the Museum building in 1996 to house and exhibit the large and impressive collection of
the late Clarence Thurston and Evelyn Claire Littleton McLaughlin. The wing consists of
three public galleries and a non-public basement for work and storage. Most of the Diamond
M Art Collection has been on display in the galleries and the shows are changed
periodically to allow the collection to be available to visitors, as one of the wishes of
the Diamond M Foundation, donor of the collection, was that the collection be available
for public enjoyment and education. |
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Annual National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration (Click for dates)
Lubbock Memorial Civic Center (Avenue O & 6th St)
1501 Mac Davis Ln, Lubbock, TX 79401, (806) 775-2242 Lubbock, Texas
Cowboy poets, musicians, storytellers, artists, historians,
authors, editors, publishers, exhibitors, horse trainers, re-enactors, photographers,
chuck wagon cooks, honest-to-goodness cowboys and many more are heading to Lubbock to
celebrate the United States' largest gathering of ranching, cowboys and the western way of
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| And Lubbock ’s July 4 celebration is a
major ordeal. The Independence Day festival, which is completely free, is among the
largest in Texas. Activities include a parade at 10:00 on Broadway, a street fair along
Broadway Avenue, food vendors, live music, a luncheon, and an evening concert with
fireworks. This one of Texas' Top 10
July 4th celebrations. missed it too --
maybe next year -- or maybe not. |
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These are sights that are on our "bucket" list.
e-Mail me
with your thoughts or suggestions |
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