{"id":8432,"date":"2015-03-03T03:50:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T03:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8432"},"modified":"2015-03-03T03:50:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T03:50:47","slug":"goofy-canyon-statue-makes-si-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8432","title":{"rendered":"Goofy Canyon statue makes SI news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Intriguing, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>Tex Randall, that gangly statue that looks as though it&#8217;s about to collapse onto U.S. Highway 60 in Canyon, has become the backdrop for a most interesting photo shoot.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/amarillo.com\/news\/local-news\/2015-03-01\/canyon-statue-tex-randall-stars-si-swimsuit-issue<\/p>\n<p>A Sports Illustrated swimsuit model is seen perched on one of ol&#8217; Tex&#8217;s boots.<\/p>\n<p>What an, um, interesting location to shoot a swimsuit babe.<\/p>\n<p>SI has made a serious name for itself with its annual Swimsuit Edition. Some mighty fascinating young women have graced the cover of the magazine known for its coverage of, well, sports. I think of Elle McPherson and Christy Brinkley immediately. I know other famous super models have sprung toward stardom after appearing on the SI swimsuit cover.<\/p>\n<p>SI shot Tex&#8217;s boot as part of a Route 66 tour. As my friend Karen Welch noted in her article in the Amarillo Globe-News, U.S. 60 isn&#8217;t all that close to Route 66, which runs east-west through Amarillo. But I guess it was close enough to suit the editors at SI.<\/p>\n<p>As Welch reported in the Globe-News: &#8220;The group made no guarantees any photo involving Tex Randall would make the print or digital editions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hey, does it really matter? It&#8217;s good to know the editors at SI found something to accompany a photo of one of its models.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, keep standing tall, Tex.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intriguing, to say the least. Tex Randall, that gangly statue that looks as though it&#8217;s about to collapse onto U.S. Highway 60 in Canyon, has become the backdrop for a most interesting photo shoot. http:\/\/amarillo.com\/news\/local-news\/2015-03-01\/canyon-statue-tex-randall-stars-si-swimsuit-issue A Sports Illustrated swimsuit model is seen perched on one of ol&#8217; Tex&#8217;s boots. What an, um, interesting location to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8432\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Goofy Canyon statue makes SI news<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[839,1561,4035,4370,4372,4485,4572,4962],"class_list":["post-8432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-canyon","tag-elle-mcpherson","tag-route-66","tag-sports-illustrated","tag-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-model","tag-swimsuit-edition","tag-tex-randall","tag-u-s-highway-60"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}