Texas Panhandle

Today we traveled through farming and cattle country. We saw harvested cotton fields and cattle feed lots to rival the one near Dalhart TX or Greely CO. We also saw huge dairy operations. It is very green in the Texas Panhandle. And will continue to be green as it rained most of the day and the forecast says it will for the next couple of days. Home tonight is Pampa TX. Here are the photos from today's journey.

This was the first noteworthy community in Texas this morning. I was disappointed when I could not find a post card to send to my great nephew for a school project. He lives on a farm and his grandpa raises cattle. I thought it would be an appropriate one for his collection from our travels.

While looking for our correct road to Amarillo, this tractor trailer carrying plates of copper was in the other lane. The copper came from the mines near our AZ winter home and was headed to Amarillo for further processing. This copper was the only shiny thing on today's trip. No sunshine.

It may look like Stonehenge, but believe me it isn't. It's Cadillac Ranch!

Amarillo's original bumper crop. Ten Cadillacs buried nose down in a field west of Amarillo. OK.  It sounded better in the description from the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce than it actually was. Thankfully we didn't have to pay to see it.

Our final tourist stop today was the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum. This was one of four bronze statues at the entrance of the beautiful building. It had a great gift shop, a time line that told me more about the American Quarter Horse than I could imagine ever wanting to know, and...

an awesome display of a chuck wagon from the late 1800s. I have always wondered how "Cooky"  could fix a meal to feed all those hombres on the trail drive. Now I know. The museum also had a display of saddles from some famous and important people and companies associated with the American Quarter Horse Association. It was worth the entrance fee.

Tomorrow will be our last night on the road as we will head to Omaha. On Saturday we will see our son and very "pg" daughter-in-law and sleep in our own beds Saturday night.