Day 11
Dallas, Texas to Amarillo, Texas
We were trying hard to make up for our "lost time" in Shreveport (not that it's not a lovely place to visit....)
So our main goal was to get 300 miles under our tires, so that we could make it to the Grand Canyon by Friday, which is when we have reservations in one of the lodges that overlook the South Rim.
We took I-20 West to I-35W North near Dallas, and then cut at an angle across the Texas plains to Amarillo on Route 287/81. This made for some great window-movie-scapes.
The landscape began to change from forests to grassland plains and as we got closer to Amarillo, the land became more desert-like with sagebrush and Joshua Trees. We even saw our first cactus plants today.
We stopped in some really small desolate towns, such as Estelline and Memphis, Texas. And some of these places were half-way ghost towns, with just a gas station and a Dairy Queen to beat the heat.
I'll post some photos as soon as we get to a motel that has a computer.
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And did you stop by the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo? If so, did you see my favorite billboard in the world? It shows Jesus on a cross and in huge letters underneath it says, "Now it's Your Turn."
Hmm. Might scare the bear.
Hi Barbara!
Yes, we did take in the outside art piece that is the Cadillac Ranch! We have some good photos of Jackie on Car-Henge. Didn't see the billboard, though. Very sorry to have missed that one!Thanks for the comment.
Jackie
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