Tonight we are in Goodlett, Texas. As I write this, it is 99 degrees and windy and the clerk at our RV Park for this evening said, “I am ready for cold!” I
queried whether or not there was a fall and spring and she replied, “No, just
hot and just cold.”
We are southeast of Amarillo, which we passed through
earlier today. Now the surrounding
terrain consists of planted farm fields (including I believe peanuts from what
I saw and then researched on the Web.)
We also passed an occasional feedlot, small towns mostly fading away and
an occasional rural business like the RV Park where we’re staying tonight.
The park we are in has thirty spaces in the main park with
ten more spaces across the access street in what appears to be the front yard
of a home bordering Highway 287. Those were added a few years back when "business was booming with construction workers doing jobs in the area," according to the clerk. It sounds now like that business has dried up.
What
is remarkable here is the building in the main park. The building is a revived cotton gin-a metal building with a
rusty metal roof that was once used to process cotton. There is an in ground, small pool and
another building that houses four washrooms. Well kept and landscaped with trees, grass and flowers, the
park is a nice stop for the evening.
The cotton gin structure houses the office and a kind of
lounge area. Inside the lounge
area there is an array of antiques around what I would call a recreation hall seating
area with several fold up style tables and chairs. Saddles, an old stove and a variety of cotton ginning
equipment remain. It has a country
style character that is charming.
The property is for sale. The elderly lady that redid the property in 2001 has a
health issue now and the family wants to sell. Too remote and too late in life for us to consider! But this too could be yours for around $330,000!
Tomorrow the expected end of the day is near Fort Worth. Then we’ll spend the weekend in
Livingston, Texas.
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