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LOCAL LEGENDS
with a key dangling in his hand, hung out the
we’d follow him up the outside windows
stairwell to our room. Once inside, dancing in the
Dad would locate the small black breeze. When
and white television and twist the Willie Nelson’s
dial through the fuzzy stations “On the Road
until he discovered “The Tonight Again” came
Show” with Johnny Carson. Mom on the radio,
would remind us to keep our socks we’d sing every
on because the carpet was dirty, word as loudly
always dirty at the roadside Motel 6. as possible
Listening to Johnny Carson’s jokes because, at that Every time we were almost home,
while we fought to stay awake as moment, nothing else in the world Dad would say, “Girls, look. This
Dad laughed and Mom read her mattered. We were surrounded by is God’s Country. There is nothing
book was comforting. Soon we’d be everything we loved the most. In better than West Texas.”
fast asleep. the front seat, Mom and Dad would
glance at each other happily and just When we outgrew our three-week
Occasionally, as we drove the smile. summer vacations, Dad wanted
countryside, we’d stumble upon us to have a weekend place to go
a roadside fruit stand. We would National Parks, Disneyland, together as a family and later with
stop for Bing cherries. Mom would Disney World were all memorable friends. Mom and Dad decided
buy one bag to share since we were destinations. and so were the to purchase a lot in Ruidoso. Dad
pinching every penny. With the unexpected detours we took when stayed in our pop-up camper while
windows rolled down, we would Mom would say, “Bobby, stop the he built his vision of our cabin from
toss our cherry pits while the radio car. I just have to get out and see his sketches. Mom decorated and
played, and our little girl hands what is in those stores.” But no finished up the cabin’s interior to
matter how make it feel like a home. It certainly
beautiful the became our home away from home
mountains, and is still a place we enjoy for
magnificent the quick weekend getaways to the
monuments, mountains.
impressive the
big cities, or While many recall the baseball
peaceful the games and the funny and inspiring
campgrounds, stories the players tell, our favorite
Dad was always adventures always began in our
clear how much station wagon every summer.
he loved living
in Lubbock.
THIS STORY IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY FORMER PLAYERS OF COACH BOBBY MOEGLE’S
MONTEREY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAMS
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