Barren scrubland and Texas Roadhouse!!

Trip Start Apr 18, 2007
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Trip End Oct 16, 2007


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Thursday, August 23, 2007

A day in the car traveling thru endless flat scrub which got worse when we got into Texas - endless land and only a very few cattle - it was all so boring can't even remember where we had lunch.

Just before Amarillo we passed by a place called Bushland - but didn't stop. We also passed a place where there were 6 Cadillacs half-buried nose first - but I'm not sure if this is the original or a copy (update>> apparantly it is the original - it's called Cadillac Ranch)

We found the Baymont hotel very easily which is an excellent hotel and were welcomed by a lovely Mexican/Indian receptionist. An hour was spent by the large outdoor pool reading and sunbathing. The room was spacious and we watched A Bronx Tale on TV. We knew there was a Texas Roadhouse a few blocks further on and took our evening meal there The open road in New Mexico
The open road in New Mexico
 . It was as good as we'd expected maybe even better - excellent steaks and large beers - all for $31 bucks before tip.

The waitress told us there really wasn't anything much to do in Amarillo - when we asked her where she'd go she told us San Antonio about 9 hours drive away....which I guess pretty much sums up Texas.

More TV in the late evening - an excellent documentary on CNN (for a change) about Muslim religious groups. We're feeling pretty good at the moment - a combination of good hotel room, excellent steaks and reasonable weather.
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