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The Doclopedia #2,577

Why I Can’t Go To Texas Anymore…: The Stampede

Lubbock, Texas

Short and sweet this time.

Train stopped at Abilene around 3:00 pm. Another rail rider told me that from here, it would be non-stop to Nebraska. I got off.

Slept from 7:00 pm until two hours before sunrise in a very large local cemetery. Nobody ever bothers you in a cemetery.

Ate a nice hot breakfast in a coffee shop. Face was wrapped in bandages from my first aid kit. Told folks I had fallen face first into a fire ant nest. Got lots of sympathy.

Went to a store and bought more hair dye, a new hat, and a few other items. Called my cousin Davey in Lubbock. Told him I might need him to repay the favors I did for him when he was married to his first wife, June May. He said he’d be looking for me.

Caught a ride with a preacher all the way to Lubbock. Had to endure about 900 hours of theological horseshit, but I just smiled and nodded where appropriate.

Got to Lubbock. Called Davey and he picked me up. Went to his house and we formulated a plan for me to get to Amarillo, then head to New Mexico with my other cousin, Pansy. Also bleached out the dye in my hair and had Davey, an excellent cartoonist, draw a couple of fake tattoos on my arms.

Won’t go into details here, but I managed to start a pretty big cattle stampede through the middle of town. Was spotted heading south on foot. Then joined Davey on his Harley and headed north to Amarillo.