Weekend wandering to Wichita

- Royal Theater, Archer City-

The Spur Hotel in Archer City had no rooms to let, so I stayed on in Wichita Falls Saturday night. It's not too far of a drive.

The to-do was pretty interesting, with a lot of people who did and didn't personally know Larry speaking. It was a good way to study the different facets of a persona, a mix of perception and personal knowledge.

It was surreal to be in that area, in that town, in that building. Watching the movie, I kept thinking, "We are there now". I could turn my head a little and see where a scene had taken place. Then, driving home from Wichita Falls, I kept musing that cyclists driving along the highway were Duane, on the way to see his therapist. 

Driving from the North Plains to the Rolling Plains, with a big sky, endless horizon and little traffic, gave me a couple of hours for rumination. Deep thinking on a Sunday morning, what luxury.

I'd like to make a correction on an earlier article. Booked Up, McMurtry's bookstore, is on South Center Street, just south of the courthouse. There are faded letters on a building on the square, and another ghost of a sign next to the current location, that indicate the business has been in a couple of different places. The current store is housed in a few buildings, on both sides of the street.