WED September 1
Before this stop in Amarillo TX the picture that came to mind was of lots of flat land; the Spanish explores called the area Llano Estacado or the Staked Plains because there were no landmarks to set your bearing on so they put stakes in the ground as course markers. Also to me Amarillo was a place to fill up with gas and in 1965 on my way from San Antonio to Denver a place just outside of Amarillo where I took a short-cut and got caught in a flash-flood of the Canadian River and was washed into a cotton field. That soaking ruined the electrical wiring on my Alfa Romero and I had to stumble into Denver where high school friends, the Carlins, worked on it for me.
Anyway, on this trip I discovered Palo Duro Canyon and Cadillac Ranch. I knew Palo Duro was there but I had never been there and it is truly a beautiful canyon system and I’ll have to go back sometime for about a week and do some hiking.
And Cadillac Ranch is so Texas, loved it.
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