9am Sunday, we were off. Crossed western Oklahoma and were into Texas by 11.30am. A tumbleweed greeted us by rolling across the road in front of the car.
Passing through a small town called Shamrock, it was evident that the folks there loved to live up to their town's name, for it seemed to be still in St.Patrick's Day mode, judging by the decor. Just outside the town a large billboard proclaimed:"Here is the biggest Cross in the Western Hemisphere!" (How typical of Texas!) It was, indeed, big. I thought it looked as though it had been constructed from The Biggest Lego Set in the World. I guess God wouldn't mind about that.
We reached Amarillo by 2pm, stopped for a quick lunch at IHOP. Reasonable fish and chips - or as reasonable as they get, this side of the pond. Waitress looked askance when I asked for vinegar, but obliged me by bringing a little pot of pink liquid which tasted mildly acidic - a far cry from good old malt vinegar though.
Onward through the remaining portion of the Texas panhandle, aka as the boot, and into The Land of Enchantment - New Mexico. It was 4.25 when we reached Tucumcari, but on Mountain Time we'd gained an hour, so it was in fact only 3.25. Plenty of time to keep heading west. The Texas scrubland and mesquite had given way to much prettier pinkish mesas covered with dots of small evergreen bushes - very scenic, very Georgia O'Keefe, but we couldn't stop safely to take pictures.
The next town of any size along old Route 66 is Santa Rosa, where we decided to stay the night. The bright sun was hitting the windscreen making driving west uncomfortable.
We dropped anchor at Best Western, then took a quick tour around town. Not much going on of a Sunday afternoon - or probably any other afternoon. The town has lots of motels and hotels but little else other than a nice court house and a teeny tiny movie theater.
We accidentally wandered into an auto museum, thinking it was a cafe; walked around it admiring 30+ vintage American vehicles, all beautifuly preserved or refurbished. The size of some of the cars surprised me - they are huge! I thought it sad that the industry which put Americans on the roads in such fine style has had to come to such a parlous state.
It's sad, too, to see some of the dilapidated buildings still standing beside the original Route 66. Below, an old motel. Goodness knows how guests withstood the heat of New Mexico summers with no air conditioning. The square thingie atop the office building, I am reliably informed by my husband, is a primitive form of cooling system.
Tomorrow, we'll head onward through New Mexico, towards Gallup and the Arizona state line.
Passing through a small town called Shamrock, it was evident that the folks there loved to live up to their town's name, for it seemed to be still in St.Patrick's Day mode, judging by the decor. Just outside the town a large billboard proclaimed:"Here is the biggest Cross in the Western Hemisphere!" (How typical of Texas!) It was, indeed, big. I thought it looked as though it had been constructed from The Biggest Lego Set in the World. I guess God wouldn't mind about that.
We reached Amarillo by 2pm, stopped for a quick lunch at IHOP. Reasonable fish and chips - or as reasonable as they get, this side of the pond. Waitress looked askance when I asked for vinegar, but obliged me by bringing a little pot of pink liquid which tasted mildly acidic - a far cry from good old malt vinegar though.
Onward through the remaining portion of the Texas panhandle, aka as the boot, and into The Land of Enchantment - New Mexico. It was 4.25 when we reached Tucumcari, but on Mountain Time we'd gained an hour, so it was in fact only 3.25. Plenty of time to keep heading west. The Texas scrubland and mesquite had given way to much prettier pinkish mesas covered with dots of small evergreen bushes - very scenic, very Georgia O'Keefe, but we couldn't stop safely to take pictures.
The next town of any size along old Route 66 is Santa Rosa, where we decided to stay the night. The bright sun was hitting the windscreen making driving west uncomfortable.
We dropped anchor at Best Western, then took a quick tour around town. Not much going on of a Sunday afternoon - or probably any other afternoon. The town has lots of motels and hotels but little else other than a nice court house and a teeny tiny movie theater.
We accidentally wandered into an auto museum, thinking it was a cafe; walked around it admiring 30+ vintage American vehicles, all beautifuly preserved or refurbished. The size of some of the cars surprised me - they are huge! I thought it sad that the industry which put Americans on the roads in such fine style has had to come to such a parlous state.
It's sad, too, to see some of the dilapidated buildings still standing beside the original Route 66. Below, an old motel. Goodness knows how guests withstood the heat of New Mexico summers with no air conditioning. The square thingie atop the office building, I am reliably informed by my husband, is a primitive form of cooling system.
Tomorrow, we'll head onward through New Mexico, towards Gallup and the Arizona state line.
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