Ben Nguyen plans a camping trip from Redmond, Wash. down the Oregon coast on July 28, 2020.

The Texas Tech bell tower becomes engulfed in a spring storm on Monday, March 22, 2021.

Children play soccer in front of Haystack Rock on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Cannon Beach, Ore. Haystack Rock is a 235-foot sea stack, known to locals as the third-tallest intertidal structure in the world.

The Llano River Ranch hosts a branding on May 23, 2021 in Junction, Texas.

Lubbock Mayor Dan Pope receives his first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

The sun sets on the South Plains Fair on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, marking the fair's last day in Lubbock for the season. The South Plains Fair celebrated its 102nd year at the fairgrounds.

Rachel Butler, a freshman pre-dental major from Abilene, walks to her class on the first day of the Fall 2020 semester at Texas Tech.

The carousel spins at The South Plains Fair fairgrounds on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019.

Groups set up fires near Haystack Rock on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Cannon Beach, Ore.

The City of Lubbock hosted a full-scale airport emergency exercise on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The exercise consisted of a simulated plane crash, hurt passengers and press conferences.

The Del Prado Motel in Cuba, N.M sits under a backdrop of clouds and mountains on May 18, 2020.

A Western Diamondback rattlesnake hisses and shakes its rattle on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in Junction, Texas.

Ben Nguyen takes a photo of the Oregon coastline on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, near Cannon Beach, Ore.

The abandoned Taiban Presbyterian Church sits under the stars on Saturday, April 10, 2021, in Taiban, N.M. The city was founded in 1906 by railroad workers and homesteaders, where a Presbyterian church was built in 1908. Taiban is most commonly known as the place where Pat Garrett capture Billy the Kid in 1880.

The Llano River runs through the Llano River Ranch at sunset on May 16, 2021, in Junction, Texas.

The Short Stop sits on the main street in London, Texas on May 18, 2021. The Short Stop is the only gas station for miles in any direction.

A Land Rover Discovery II sits under the stars near Bend, Ore.

Mark Kirkpatrick handles a Western Diamondback rattlesnake on Wednesday May 19, 2021 at the Llano River Ranch in Junction, Texas.

Saddle Tramps light torches to kick off the Carol of Lights ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021 at Memorial Circle on the Texas Tech campus in Lubbock, Texas.

Bodee Burris ropes a dummy during the Hub City BBQ Fest on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021 at the South Plains Fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas.