Longest day so far, but we drove in three states and gained an hour time change – so not in awfully late. Dry day today – all the rain behind us in Oklahoma – and we had a glorious day to drive topless in the sun. Shelby performed great – even on a seven mile stretch of dirt road that was the 1926 route in one section of Texas – and got a chance to use sixth gear on a few stretches of I-40 where US66 coincided.
Route today took us from El Reno through OK (Bridgeport, Weatherford, Clinton, Elk City, Sayre, Texola), TX (Shamrock, McLean, Alanreed, Jericho, Groom, Conway, Amarillo, Wildorado, Vega, Adrian, Glenrio), and into NM (San Jon, Tucumcari). A lot of pavement, some dirt, and a few other small towns in between.
Today’s pics – look for planes, trains and automobiles, more old service stations and motels, jails – oh Kristen, not more trouble! – giants and giant stuff, a brief nature interlude, and lots of neon! Plus following another famous actor to bed…
El Reno OK Fort Reno OK Geary OK Hinton OK Hydro OK Weatherford OK Clinton OK Canute OK Elk City OK – a T-33 jet 179 ft tall oil derrick – one of worlds largest Sayre OK Erick OK OK / TX Shamrock TX McLean TX Glad we didn’t try this after all the rain! Groom TX – the ‘Leaning Tower of Texas’ 19 stories high! Panhandle, TX – the ‘Bug Ranch’ Amarillo TX busted! ‘Cadillac Ranch’ made our mark TX / NM Bard TX – Car Museum Tucumcari NM our stop for the night…
Such a great day! So many awesome pics. Glad you were able to leave your mark at Cadillac Ranch. The Bug Ranch was a neat surprise.
Hope the “magic fingers” did the trick! 😂😂