A Really Big Shoe
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Day 24: August 17, 2012 A Really Big Shoe |
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Though it's showing its age just a bit, a rather nice marker welcomed me
to Texas.
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This is in the town of Muleshoe, Texas. The RoadsideAmerica.com Garmin App
pinpointed the spot in the first picture as the location of
the World's Largest Muleshoe but I found nothing of the kind in the
immediate area. On a hunch, I returned to the west side of town where I'd
noticed a muleshoe shape standing by the road. I'd been heading for the
GPS indicated location so had driven on by it. Sure enough, a
plaque identified the big shoe in the
second picture as the World's Largest. It looks like the
Roadside America story just needs some updating. In
their photo, the mule statue is standing on a stone pedestal at what
appears to be the spot where the tall shoe currently stands. This shoe was
erected in 1994 and I'm guessing that the statue was moved downtown at
that time. The object that the new shoe apparently displaced as the World's
Largest Muleshoe remains nearby and it still resembles the golden arches.
McDonald's Hamburgers and Muleshoe, Texas, do both start with an 'M'.
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US-70 goes to two lanes as it leaves Muleshoe and this picture was taken
not far from town. I believe this is the first two-lane US-70 I've seen
this trip.
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Perhaps this is where those guys (if any) that crashed near Roswell were
headed.
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Back in 2006, I attempted to visit a little "museum" kept by Jerry Lee
Lewis' sister next to her drive-through liquor store.
The attempt was
not successful because Frankie, Jerry Lee's sister, was out of town. When
I learned that Waylon Jenning's brother had a little "museum" in
his own drive-through liquor store barely twenty miles off of US-70, I
naturally headed that way. I had better luck with Waylon than I had with
Jerry. Although James, the brother, wasn't there, his daughter, to whom he
had sold the store was. She helped me find Canadian Club in a plastic bottle
to replenish my supply and made sure I signed the guestbook. She said her
dad still comes by the store now and then toward the end of the day.
Waylon's first guitar is on display along with lots of pictures and other
artifacts. History and inventory peacefully coexist.
How many other siblings of famous musicians operate drive-through liquor stores? Check out RoadsideAmerica.com's stories on James and Frankie's places here and here. |
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Between Floydada and Paducah, Texas, US-62 and US-70 share pavement so I
must have driven by here on Christmas Day 2009 but I don't recall seeing
Bob's Oil Well. Weather and poor road conditions are my excuse. Read Bob's
story here.
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