A busy day! We started out photographing the ‘CADILLAC RANCH’. It is ten Cadillacs buried nose down in a field at the same angle as the Cheops Pyramid. Weird!—-but interesting. The locals had ‘decorated’ them in wall to wall graffiti.
Took a short walk through the Amarillo Zoo. Cute but small. The fact that we frequent the San Diego and LA Zoos may affect that viewpoint. Pretty and well maintained park.
Drove to Canyon ,TX. to see the Panhandle -Plains Historical Museum. Outstanding! They have wonderful exhibits of cowboy and Indian Life. It includes a life-size reconstruction of a typical frontier town of the 1880’s.
Next a drive to Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Looks like a smaller version of the Grand Canyon. You drive down into the canyon on a 10% grade. It’s only one of the reasons having the car is working out so well. NO way we would have taken the RV. They warn of flash floods and we could see storm clouds and rain coming down across the rim….so we didn’t linger overly long. I photographed wild turkeys crossing a stream. The streams run red from the cliffs all around them.
We are more tired tonight then the days we just drive! We had spent $300 to have a fantastic fan installed. That was money well spent. It sucks the hot air out of the RV and has an automatic cover that closes if it rains! So we can leave it on all the time…wonderful at night. It felt good to come *home*.
People really DO say Ya all! …..”Ya all come back now…hear?” Everyone is so friendly. Love to listen to them.