Day 3: Oklahoma City to Amarillo, TX

Thanks for the comments and messages. We appreciate your interest and will try to keep these short and interesting. Started out in OK City visiting the memorial erected on the site of the 1995 federal building bombing. It really is an extensive memorial and one does begin to appreciate the scope of that tragedy. There are 168 chairs placed within the footprint of the structure. Kind of gives you pause when you consider the impact that narrow ideologies and hate has on the human condition. --- We are trying hard to stick to the old Route 66 road alignments but over the years, local development and the Interstate system makes it difficult sometimes. Much of the old road through places like Hydro, OK is really nothing more than frontage roads along the Interstate. But - the value is in seeing history as you move through some of the small towns which are often in poor condition or really more like ghost towns since businesses failed as development moved away from the old road. One highlight today was the VW Bug Ranch near Conway Texas. There are 5 old VWs buried in the ground - all painted in a 6os psychedelic style - and located in this fairly decrepit old gas station/tourist stop. Quite a sight out in the middle of the Texas plains - which by the way go on for miles. --- We ended up in Amarillo, TX where we ate at the Big Texan - a famous steak house where if you eat a 72 ounce steak, its free -- Needless to say, I had the smaller prime rib. Weather looks fair for our leg to Tucumcari, NM so I will close here and catch up tomorrow. Internet connection here is weak so will try to add some photos later --Bye4now/kc