This morning as we left the motel, I saw this car. Wayne, care to tell me what it is? :O)

Just outside Amarillo, is the Cadillac Ranch. You’ve probably seen it before.

You might be thinking .. what a shame that there is so much graffiti on these cars. Not to worry. Every so often then put a base coat on them. Shortly after that, they are full of graffiti again. Again .. not to worry. The ground was littered with spray paint canisters. It seems that they encourage the tagging on these cars. This week they look like …

And here you have a tagging in progress!

They do love their horses in Texas.

Now, in Vega, I see a few things.

Across the street is a drive-in that just needs a little loving care.

It’s a small little business.

But, like I said, needs a little loving care.

Did you know that Adrian, TX is the midpoint of Route 66? I didn’t. I do now.

And when you have a midpoint, you need a midpoint diner, right? Of course you do. Adrian does not disappoint.

Looks like many of the diners I’ve shown.

And when in a Diner, you eat Diner food.

The next shot (no pun intended .. well .. every pun intended) is because I got some good responses from the last one of this type I posted.

Right over the border into New Mexico, there is a travel center. Now, typically, travel centers all look alike. Not this one.

This place is all about Route 66 as you can see. They’ve got a diner.

With a diner, you gotta have rest rooms.

Gotta have a jukebox.

There’s even Coca Cola stuff.

And what would a Route 66 place be without cars?

They have a His T-Bird.

And a Hers T-Bird.

And lots more cars. I won’t show them all .. there’s like 21 of them. I’ll show a couple of my favorite.

My personal favorite.

They even have a car that may have actually driven the original Mother Road.

You gotta meet this next character. Since his last film, he’s fallen on hard times and had to take a job at a Texaco. Recognize him you might.

As we were leaving I saw something that you don’t see every day. Three people leaving at the same time. They got into a truck. Notice their foot apparel.

Next stop is Tucumcari, NM. Classic Route 66 businesses there, too.

The next one is more of a display than anything else.

I was curios about the next one.

Yes .. I purposely mispelled curious! It’s a play on words, ok?!? :O)

Evidently, this theater is still in business.

Ever see a restaurant with a sombrero?

If you can’t make out the name of the place, here it is.

As I was leaving town .. I saw the convention center. I just had to turn around and take a shot.

The next town is Santa Rosa, NM. I came across a Route 66 Auto Museum there. It looked pretty cool so I stopped.

It’s your typical museum outside. Old cars. Rusty cars.

At first, I thought the next one was a joke. But I heard an ad on the radio for it.

First old cab I’ve seen.

The last photo in this is a restored ’57 (I think he said that) Chevy. He said it was all Corvette under the hood, telescoping wheel .. the works. Looks pretty good to me.

Further in town, there’s a cool looking diner.

The next couple of picures should show you that I’m now …

officially .. west of the Pecos!

There was quite a bit of driving left and nothing to see. We turned north in order to reach Santa Fe. We turned west again just before we got to Las Vegas. Yes, Las Vegas, NM! As we were driving, we hit a nasty lightning storm. Quite a bit of rain .. ligtning over the mountains. I don’t remember the last time I drove in weather like this. When we turned north toward Las Vegas, it was about 90 degrees. By the time we hit Santa Fe, it was 55! It’s raining, I’m in my shorts .. a bit cold and wet. Anyway, didn’t have the energy to actually go out to dinner, so I hit a local store and had …

Mine is the chef salad on the left. Trevor had the Caesar on the right.

That was our trip from Amarillo, TX to Santa Fe, NM. Hope you enjoyed the ride.