Blogs from Amarillo, Texas, United States, North America - page 5

After a rockin' fun night it's time to pack up and hit the road again. We have agreed to go a little off track and head toward Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico - the original Route 66 before a decision to straighten the route from Albuquerque directly to Santa Rosa. We do a quick cruise through Old Town and both agree that we want to come back to this city for more exploration. It is gorgeous, colorful and really interesting to us both. The Old Town section is a plaza with shops and restaurants and beautiful architecture - it was two (2) blocks from Hotel Blue - we'll be back! Central Avenue in Albuquerque is Route 66 so there are lots of cool signs and places to check out. We made one stop, The ... read more

10th July I hate the greyhound. Admittedly we haven't had any convicts scare the bejesus out of us but this bus must be the fatty bus. These people must of thought it was meals on wheels and guess who got the heavy weight champion next to him. Me. I got the biggest tub of lard sat next to me. I suppose on the up side he turned out to be a nice guy. He only took up a of quarter of my seat and allocated most of his body to the neutral zone of the aisle. He was a big lad needless to say. This posed problems when I wanted to get my iPad out and play sonic racing against the other lads over Bluetooth as they were spread across the bus also on their own. ... read more

This morning we had coupons for a complimentary breakfast that required us to make a choice from five set breakfast options. Other complimentary breakfasts have been buffet-style which is preferable - being able to pick and choose what you would like. I opted for the bagel with cream cheese, fruit, juice and tea. Bernie went for the wheat toast, fruit and juice. When our breakfasts arrived the fruit was ... BANANA. Ugh! The bagel was good though - I do like a toasted bagel with jam and cream cheese. After breakfast we headed off towards Clinton on the north side of the I-40. At Clinton we visited the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum on Gary Boulevard. Admission to the museum was US$5.00!! We have become so accustomed to being able to visit most places of interest FOR ... read more

Geo: 35.2072, -101.8345/15/12 – Texas. So much to say about Texas. And that surprised me, because other than the big cities like Dallas, I though it was nothing but prairies. Well that is kind of the truth, but there is so much more. We left at 8:15 AM headed for Amarillo, the city where my father was stationed in the Air Force, and where my brother Dick was conceived shortly after my parents got married. So I was anxious to visit this town. After some discussion, we decided to take a more scenic route today. Getting out of Dallas was a real challenge, during rush hour and with all of the construction, we might still be there but for the Garmin. She made a few errors today, due largely to construction, but all in all, she ... read more

Left the Tucumcari Inn on the '66' a little later this morning as we didn't have to ride quite so far. Filled up the tank and headed east towards Adrian, which is exactly midway between Chicago and L.A. This would take us out of New Mexico and back into Texas. Stopped in this small reminder of what a town on the route 66 used to be like (before the interstate ruined the businesses.) Had some lunch in the apt, Midpoint Cafe, took some pics (all of these cafes, resturants/pubs all have gift shops within them!) We got on the bike in the seering Texan heat (the dash was showing over 100 degrees) and set off for Amarillo. (Singing the song, obviously!) We pulled in at the most inccredible tourist attraction 'cadillac ranch', where 10 graffitti'd cars ... read more