Amarillo, Texas billboard answers "Liberals keep driving" one

[Awsi Dooger]

34. Good for Amarillo...my grandfather grew up there more than 100 years ago

He rode wild horses in the Palo Duro Canyon in his youth. I loved listening to his stories when I was a kid.

He joined the Coast Guard in Connecticut late in his teens, met my grandmother, and never returned to Texas. But he did keep in touch. I often listened to his ham radio conversations with relatives.

I've driven I-40 countless times back and forth from Las Vegas to Miami. I frequently stop at the Palo Duro Canyon and eat lunch, thinking about my papa and what it looked like in Amarillo not far into the 20th century, when he was there.

But recently I concede I've been stopping at the Furr's Cafeteria on the west side of town. Furr's departed Las Vegas so I seldom see them any more. I love buffets. Amarillo had an older style Furr's in the center of town but that closed several years ago. The one on the west is in a newer area and is a more modern buffet with isolated tables instead of a standard cafeteria line.