Texas has some neat old sites like the U-DROP-INN in Shamrock - built in 1936 and a great display of art deco, the Rattlesnake sign in Lela, and the very first Phillips66 gas station in McLean (Phillips took their "66" from the Route name). There is the Leaning Water Tower in Groom, built leaning in order to attract tourists, and the Reptile Ranch (or what remains of it) in Alanreed. The best thing in Texas is the Cadillac Ranch just outside Amarillo. I spent a bunch of time running through the 10 cars which are buried nose down out in the middle of hundreds and hundreds of acres. Texas has some unpaved parts of the route but they tended to be washed away. As with every other part of the route, any many old gas stations and motels and tourist places are now gone or fenced off for safety. In some ways, it is like seeing a huge ghost town two-thousand miles long. From Texas *whew* we moved into New Mexico
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico What a difference in scenery! Moving toward New Mexico through Texas the terrain began to change but what a difference a state makes! Heading down the highway: New Mexico
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