The morning in Amarillo begins with a threatening stormy sky. We gotta get to Cadillac Ranch before the rain comes pouring down. I’m excited because this is the start of the hi-brow/low-brow portion of the trip which starts in Amarillo, takes a detour to Oklahoma City, comes back to Texas (Dallas/Ft. Worth), and culminates in Memphis at Graceland, the holy grail of pop culture. There’s a side of me that appreciates museums, the arts, and culture (hi-brow) and then there’s the side of me that can get just as excited over tacky kewl roadside attractions (lo-brow). Cadillac Ranch can be seen from I-40 going eastbound between exits 60 and 62. It’s about 200 yards south of the highway. We park on the frontage road and walk across a land mine of cow dung in a
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