Well, what an amazing Road Trip this is turning out to be. I have seen so many things for the first time. What a privilege it has been.
Yesterday we crossed the midpoint of Route 66 and also went to the Cadillac Ranch
It was a shame that the cafe was closed really. Took a photo of the town name too for my cousin Adrian
This was amazing. We could so easily have passed it by. SO glad we saw it or rather knew it was coming up. And that we had bought some paint!
Think I'd make a good graffiti artist!
Steve doing his 'thing'
Just an amazing thing to find.
Today we left Amarillo. Not impressed with the city at all. That whole area seems to be the US dump for 'dead' vehicles of every type. Such a shame really and ruins the landscape. Talking of the landscape, it's really very flat now we are in Texas and the soil is an amazing red colour. Today's firsts for me, included seeing a roadrunner doing just that. Having huge balls of tumbleweed travelling across the road and
getting my very first view of cotton growing - amazing! Had to pick up a boll that had already fallen off the plant. We saw lots more on the roadside as a lot had been already harvested and clearly tipped off the wagons here and there.
This huge cross (visible for miles) is apparently the biggest in the Western Hemisphere. It really is impressive I have to say. There are sculptures too of the stations of the cross around the base of the cross.
Then we went to visit one of the most unusual museums ever - the history of barbed wire. Called the Devil's Rope museum, it was sadly closed, but outside were these HUGE balls of barbed wire. Cannot imagine how they were done!
Then we came across this wonderful art Deco building. In a tiny 'dead' town. Apparently it was a hotel called U Drop Inn when Route 66 was thriving, but what a stunning piece of architecture it is.
Route 66 is just amazing! It's not been easy to follow and you really need to research the route well beforehand but it is so worth it. Some of the original road has vanished under interstate roads but there is a huge amount that you can travel and it's on these that you find these gems. The book we used for most of our research was EZ66 Guide for travelers, by Jerry McClanahan - excellent resource.
So here we are in yet another State - Oklahoma and in Elk City. Tomorrow we hope to meet the author of the book who lives in Chandler and have our certificate of completion signed by him which should be fun.
Yesterday we crossed the midpoint of Route 66 and also went to the Cadillac Ranch
It was a shame that the cafe was closed really. Took a photo of the town name too for my cousin Adrian
This was amazing. We could so easily have passed it by. SO glad we saw it or rather knew it was coming up. And that we had bought some paint!
Think I'd make a good graffiti artist!
Steve doing his 'thing'
Just an amazing thing to find.
Today we left Amarillo. Not impressed with the city at all. That whole area seems to be the US dump for 'dead' vehicles of every type. Such a shame really and ruins the landscape. Talking of the landscape, it's really very flat now we are in Texas and the soil is an amazing red colour. Today's firsts for me, included seeing a roadrunner doing just that. Having huge balls of tumbleweed travelling across the road and
This huge cross (visible for miles) is apparently the biggest in the Western Hemisphere. It really is impressive I have to say. There are sculptures too of the stations of the cross around the base of the cross.
Then we went to visit one of the most unusual museums ever - the history of barbed wire. Called the Devil's Rope museum, it was sadly closed, but outside were these HUGE balls of barbed wire. Cannot imagine how they were done!
Then we came across this wonderful art Deco building. In a tiny 'dead' town. Apparently it was a hotel called U Drop Inn when Route 66 was thriving, but what a stunning piece of architecture it is.
Route 66 is just amazing! It's not been easy to follow and you really need to research the route well beforehand but it is so worth it. Some of the original road has vanished under interstate roads but there is a huge amount that you can travel and it's on these that you find these gems. The book we used for most of our research was EZ66 Guide for travelers, by Jerry McClanahan - excellent resource.
So here we are in yet another State - Oklahoma and in Elk City. Tomorrow we hope to meet the author of the book who lives in Chandler and have our certificate of completion signed by him which should be fun.
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