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Breckenridge high school mascot Buckaroo speaks to teh boomtown the city once was.

BOOMTOWNS AND BUCKAROOS.

The Empty Nesters make their way West, traveling through boomtowns and honoring buckaroos. Breckenridge and Albany are on the itinerary.

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Conrad Hilton, the Real Cisco Kid

FINDING THE CISCO KID.

The Empty Nesters head west where they fall in love with Comanche, Texas and find the Cisco Kid, a/k/a Conrad Hilton, the world’s innkeeper.

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Cattle Ranch country means being careful on the road.

CATTLE RANCH DREAMS.

HOME BY ANOTHER WAY. The Empty Nesters left Caprock Canyon State Park on a big-sky Texas Sunday, headed back to Waco. Consistent with out newly

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WELL SEASONED.

The Empty Nesters begin an unusual and daunting quest. Texas has 254 counties. The Empty Nesters are going to see them all. We begin our journey and course on modern-day Texas living in an unlikely spot: Vernon, Texas.

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IN THE EMPIRE OF THE HAPPY COW.

Lyle Lovett said this about Texas: “Even Moses got excited when he saw the promised land.” The Empty Nesters find out why that is so in their adventure to where it all began.

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HOME: AN EAST TEXAS LIFE

Thankful for a Well-Kept Lawn. My first interaction with Russell Bradford, my father-in-law, was strictly commercial. Before the internet replaced newspapers and before modern distribution

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