Amarillo, The Big Texan and the Cadillac Ranch. The Mother Road 13

It’s difficult to drive around Amarillo without the song playing in your head the whole time…LOL….

Now we were into the middle of June and the temps were climbing (for us poor pasty Scottish people..!!) We hit Home Depot for a roll of Reflectix (the silvery covered bubble wrap insulation) to cover the skylight windows in the trailer to provide reinforcements for the AC in the ongoing battle with the heat.

Amarillo has its attractions…..The Big Texan is one of the most Texan tho… biggest and freshest portion of battered mushrooms I have ever seen…..(delicious too.. 😋) The 72oz steak is smaller than Texas, though only slightly

We took a wander along 6th street, Amarillos historic district, which also coincides with the track of Rte 66 through the city….

There are lots of small independent antique/junk/collectible stores along this stretch. Artisan stores, small cafes…lovely places to wander in and out of….The people were, without exception, wonderfully friendly, welcoming, genuine and chatty.

One of the artisans is the guy who makes jewelry out of the chunks of paint which flake off the cars at the Cadillac Ranch. He was inspired by Fordite, jewelry made from the overspray in the Ford plant paint booths in Detroit.

My blogtographer had a field day with all the murals and interesting little spots …and we stopped for the most amazing Mexican food for lunch.

I think I actually managed to not buy anything….(it was not easy let me tell you….)

We wandered by a little bodyshop and stopped to chat to the owner…he invited us in to admire his work….and we did…!!!

It was a hot day…turns out June is the hottest month in Amarillo……phewff..!!

One of the ‘not to be missed’ places to visit we did stop by at was the iconic Cadillac Ranch……it’s impressive from the road as you drive by…and it has inspired other similar art installations….but it was a huge disappointment…..the area was strewn with garbage…plastic bags and empty spray cans……The storm which struck the previous evening had turned the site into a mud pit, but the stream of visitors was constant.

Time to continue west……the next stop on the road, Adrian Texas…..the midpoint of the journey…..

Adrian had its own little bits of derelict charm…..and the station with the bent door…..I don’t think they have bullfighting there, but on The Mother Road anything is possible

…and just like that…..who would believe it…..we are halfway there…..

Shortly after Adrian, the road crosses into New Mexico…the landscape changes again……

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