Jeff and I drove along Route 66 today and following that road of legend made us feel very lucky to be traveling. We left our campground and visited the Route 66 Museum in Elk City, OK. They had lots of old cars and business items and things that were found along the route. One room was devoted to Popeye (the name of our RV) memorabilia including a pin ball machine. We even went to a drive in movie showing The Blob. When we left we saw a field with horses and two zebras.
We continued west which brought us back to Texas and had lunch in Amarillo at the Big Texan Steak Ranch. See Jeff's blog for a description.
Later we turned off the road to see the Cadillac Ranch. As you can see from the photos, this is a dirt field with Cadillac cars planted in the earth. It is right off the highway and the fun here is the graffiti that is spray painted by the visitors. Very bizarre, but worth a look. We also saw the largest cross in the Western hemisphere and some very fancy rest areas with picnic pavilions and great lookouts.
As we climbed to higher altitudes (about 4000') the weather got a little cooler and the scenery got greener with some interesting land forms and hills. We decided to spend the night in Tucumcari, NM. This is a place Jeff knew from the song Willin' which he sang to me. So here we are and they have a heated pool and that was refreshing after a long day.
3 comments:
Wow! I hate to think that is how my Cadillac will wind up!
Stay well!
Every time a see a photo of you two, I think of the commercial where the person taking the shot runs away with the camera and leaves a donkey!
Every time I see a photo of you two, I think of the commercial where the person taking the shot runs away with the camera and leaves a donkey!
I have to find new fingers - these fat little ones don't type so well.
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