Amarillo TX or Bust!

  

  

We arrived in Amarillo on a crisp sunny day. The Amarillo Ranch RV park was our home for the next  72 hours and it was literally right off 40 West so we weren't driving around looking for a park in the woods! The park looked exactly like you would expect an RV park to look in this part of Texas! In these parts you rarely see any grass or trees and this park had a bit of both. All the spaces are gravel but there were trees that gave some relief to the scorching Texas sun. We have learned that you always want to park facing the morning sun so you have shade in the afternoon. We arrived by noon and the park had a lot of empty spaces, we quickly realized that this was a popular overnight stop over and by nightfall it was full! I love watching the parade of huge motorhomes with their "toad" Jeeps arrive. It reminds of my days when I lived in Connecticut and spent time boating every weekend, the parade of boats arriving at marinas was similar! I couldn't wait to get settled because I had plans for the evening. In these parts everyone who passes through has to visit The Big Texan Steak Ranch! Home of the 72 ounce steak, if you can consume it, its free! They were also featured on the Food Channel recently, "Man vs Food" I had to see it! They also pick you up in a stretch limo with horns on the front right at your coach. We didn't opt for the pick up and so we headed over for dinner!
Since I am a foodie, yes I admit that.. I read the restaurant reviews before I go.. This place had less than stellar reviews, big tourist trap, too expensive, blah..blah, I don't care, I still wanted a steak, not 72 ounces, a 6 ounce filet will do! It was a typical tourist joint but, we had a blast! The three man roving band stopped at our table and when they heard we were from Florida they starting singing Jimmy Buffett! Hysterical!
We left after a trip to the gift shop, well fed and satisfied!

 The next morning we woke up and it was 58 degrees out, what a change!
 Our plan for today was to visit the Jack Sisemore Traveland RV museum.  This museum sits within an RV sales center, the owner who had been in business for 25 years started this museum because he had a passion for collecting old RV's and restoring them. Free admission, even better! This place was so interesting! The collection included the Flexible bus from the 2012 movie RV starring Robin Williams and many other RV's from the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's.



    

A vintage Airstream

We really enjoyed our visit to Amarillo, its a nice town with a funky Texas feel to it! I'm not sure three days was enough, but, we were anxious to get to New Mexico! Our next stop was Rio Rancho New Mexico, 40 miles south of Santa Fe.


We were on the road bright and early and within the hour we were in New Mexico!