Day 17 – Heading Back East

Today we departed from Cibalo National Forest, just a few miles east of Albuquerque, New Mexico. We were every bit of 24 driving hours from home. It was going to be a long day. We took off a little after 9am this morning. I drove until around 11:30am where we stopped to eat in Tucumcari, NM at the Pow Pow and Lucky Lizard Lounge. We could not have made that up. We attempted to stop in a few towns prior to grab something to eat, but all the places were either closed or we felt the US Dept. of Health would have never allowed them to be in business. The Lizard Lounge was actually pretty good.

Anna took over after lunch and I got on the computer for around two hours to update and work on the blog. It was but a few minutes after when we were about to arrive in Amarillo. I had looked up a few days prior things to see in Amarillo and the one thing that stuck out was the Cadillac Ranch. For one, it’s definitely not a ranch, and second, it is a completely odd thing to have right off the interstate. Apparently, some rich guy back in the 1974 hired an artist who buried 7 Cadillacs in the ground and let people graffiti them. This would have definitely been something Olivia would have enjoyed seeing.

We took a few pictures and we were back on the road. I laid down for a bit to try and get some sleep but was unsuccessful. However, just laying down and stretching out makes a huge difference. Mama plowed through Texas and onto Oklahoma while I laid down. Even though Mama and I did not spend any time in Oklahoma, we both agreed that the drive through the state was beautiful. 

The sun set in the big OK state around 7:45pm and now it was simply going to be the dark show. So much for sightseeing.