Today we drove about 30 miles to Archer City where the movie "The Last Picture Show" circa 1971 was filmed. It was based on a book by Larry McMurtry who was raised here and lives here again now. He also wrote the book "Lonesome Dove" (and several others)which was the basis for the television miniseries in ~1988. He also is a book collector and has a large used bookstore in town that is spread out among 4 different buildings. Only one store has someone in it. You can look through the stores and if you find a book you like you take it down the street to store 1 and pay for it. I did that and arrived less than one minute before Larry McMurtry left. I would not have known what to say to him anyway as I found his stories of life in Texas quite depressing. Linda and I love book stores and by the time we left it was a little late to drive on to New Mexico so we returned to Wichita Falls. Clint and Charleen arrived about an hour later so we are united again for the last 2 days of our trip. 60 miles
Oggi abbiamo visitato una citta 30 miglia lontano di Wichita Falls dove siamo stati ieri. Questa citta era usato nel film di 1971 "Last Picture Show". L'autore del libro stesso abita e era cresciuto qui. Lui ha una libreria grande qui che usa 4 edifici. Si cerca in uno e portare i libri al negozio 1 per comprare. Io e Linda piacciono le librerie e siamo stati ~3 ore. A questa volta era troppo tardi per guidare in New Mexico cosi siamo ritornati a Wichita Falls. Clint e Charleen sono arrivati un po' dopo cosi siamo insieme ancora per l'ultimo 2 giorni della gita. 60 miglia
Ho scritto l'italiano per il blog scorso.
West Texas plains
Pianura di Texas ovest
Horned toad sculpture
Scultura del rospo cornito
The theatre from the movie
Il teatro dal film
Bookstore 4, theatre on right
Libreria numero 4, teatro a destra
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