Blogs from Amarillo, Texas, United States, North America - page 10

Day 2 in Amarillo saw us visiting the local zoo. We were the only people there. It was quite sweet and had some regional exhibits like buffalo and bobcats. Calvin liked the spider monkeys because they reminded him of the Bobos from Go Diego (apologies to those without Nick Jr.). I don't have any pics because I forgot the camera... oops. After picking up the camera, we headed west out of town to the Cadillac Ranch. A 'crop' of 10 vintage Caddies, half buried in the middle of a cow paddock. It's a community work in progress, judging from the empty spray cans littering the site. I imagine it's more agreeable to walk through a cow paddock in the summer. That evening, we went back to the Big Texas Ranch for dinner, but this time we ... read more

Day 2 - On the Road - Arlington to Albuquerque Wow, I never knew the Texas panhandle was so flat and it takes forever to get through!!!!! Not much to see here but lots of cows, cotton fields, hay fields and just plain ol' yellow & brown grass fields everywhere! Some of the small towns were nice. I snapped a few photos of windmills and trains. The kids just watched movies the whole way. We stopped just over the New Mexico border and took pics. The sunset was beautiful but didn't get to see much more of NM before we got to Albuquerque...too dark! Guess we'll see it on the way back!im... read more

Kate here... I'm sitting in the corner of a Starbucks in Amarillo, using their wi-fi, because some of the 5000 different cords for our various gadgets are in a state of limbo somewhere in the car. And I seem to have started some bruhaha about using Treos to get online with a laptop. Sorry about that. I had no idea it was an issue, and just had a couple of technical questions :( So I looks like we'll be blogging text from the Treo on the road, and posting pictures how/when we can. Like now. I'm going to dump all of the pictures from the past few days in this post, and then try and go back and edit in the text with the phone on the road. Kate here again... Trace Lake MS was nice, ... read more

Having packed my whole bedroom and kitchen - at least this was how I felt - and everything else that I could think of into my trusted Honda Accord, I was finally off for my trip. I made the final stop at Costco for cheap gas and 36 bottles of spring water before I drove onto the I-35 heading South. Today would be mostly driving - a 600 miles trip from Overland Park, KS to Amarillo, TX. There was not much to see along I-35, except lots of open fields or rolling hills. The feeling was very familar. It reminded me of my many trips to Iowa when Christine was still in college and I was driving up I-35 to see her. Those are good old times - I especially remember the fun of driving in ... read more