Cadillacs and Slug Bugs

Jan 12, 2025

Amarillo is framed by cars buried in the dirt. On the east side, you have Slug Bug Ranch, part of the Big Texan enterprises and conveniently outside our Big Texan RV Park. Add in a few big horn limos with the slug bugs, and all you need is the spray paint. 

On the west side of town, you have Cadillac Ranch. Cadillac Ranch is considered one of the original roadside art projects. We took a few photos, but left stickers instead of adding to the paint. On our way out, we picked up a number of empty spray cans. Regrettably, one of the cans wasn't quite empty, and I am now on the hunt for a new purse!

Time to go shopping...

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Big Texan

Jan 11, 2025

We stopped for two nights in Amarillo. We spotted enough stuff to do that we'll probably stop for a week sometime. We'd like to get to Palo Duro Canyon, a couple of museums, and the Flint Quarries National Monument. If we time it right, we could probably hit a rodeo week too.

We stayed at the Big Texan RV Ranch which, oh so conveniently, offers shuttle service to Big Texan Steak Ranch. Home of the 72 oz steak challenge, we opted for regular meals. Even so, the regular meals were a challenge to complete. In 2022, the restaurant purchased over 600,000 pounds of beef. That's a lot of beef!

At the top of the hour on the challenge stage

Half hour to go (Approx 1 in 10 succeed)

Big Texan decor

Can you spot Harold?

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Wind, Sand, and Snow

Jan 3 - 11, 2025

We were in Albuquerque for eight days. We had planned only a week, but a phone call to Oklahoma City and Amarillo quickly persuaded us to stay an extra day. Oklahoma City had five inches of snow. Amarillo had about the same, and I-40 between Albuquerque and Amarillo was closed in one direction. Yeah, we can stay an extra day. 

Beautiful weather heading to Albuquerque

Wind and sand storm

Now you see the Sandia Mountains

A dusting of snow

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Boys, Toys, and Some Baking Too

Jan 3 - 11, 2025

Time spent with Arlo, Harold's brother, and Arlo's wife, Linda, is always unique. You never know what those two brothers are cooking up next. This week, it even included some actual baking. Harold has always loved sourdough bread, and Linda is a far better cook and baker than I am. 

Out in the garage, the two brothers spent time with Arlo's new "spirograph." It takes an engineer! Then it was 3-D printing up a couple of minor parts for our RV shower. Finally, it was engraving water bottles on yet another new toy. 

Even so, not all the fun was intellectual. The final night, our extra night, the two brothers took in a monster truck rally. Harold said he'd hit the redneck trifecta within the past twelve months  - car launch, demolition derby, and now the monster trucks. 

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Dinner at the Diner

Albuquerque has its share of Route 66 nostalgia, including several well-known diners. We opted for the 66 Diner one evening, enticed by its reputation for milkshakes and collection of over 1400 PEZ dispensers. We ate dinner first and then gourged on dessert. We were stuffed! Should we ever go back, we'd go just for the milkshakes. 

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2024 Goofy Stuff

Here are some of the more goofy photo opportunities from 2024. Smile!

Nevada Aliens

Nevada bovines

Muffler man 

Charlie Tuna

Hot dog roof advertising

Largest frying pan

Largest weathervane

Largest goldpan

Largest beaver

Largest grindstone

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Colorado Christmas

December 13 - 28, 2024 

Originally, we had planned to spend Christmas in Virginia. After my radiation treatments ran into December and an overnight stop for RV brake maintenance, we opted to spend Christmas in Colorado. I have a sister in Colorado Springs, and Harold has a sister in Aurora. So we still got to spend Christmas with family.  Yeah!

Harold and our nephew, Tom, fixing things around the house

Annette and Harold at the gun range

Buckley SFB famcamp sunrise

Why is the water pump cycling?

Why we didn't stay at Air Force Academy famcamp

A fun evening of having the kids name that 80's song

Cleaning the food mill

Bringing back Estes Park memories at the taffy shop

Evening in Estes Park

Game night

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