We began the first leg of our journey home this morning. Our route took us through Amarillo, Texas, where we stopped to see a quirky attraction. Standing all alone out in an open field along Route 66 west of Amarillo is Cadillac Ranch. Cadillac Ranch was invented and built by a group of art hippies from San Francisco. Their silent partner, an Amarillo billionaire, wanted a piece of public art that would baffle the local citizens. The hippies proposed an idea to pay tribute to the evolution of the Cadillac tail fin. In 1974, ten Cadillacs were half-buried, nose down, in the dirt. They faced west in a line, from a 1949 Club Sedan to a 1963 Sedan deVille, their tail fins held high for all to see. Years have passed, and now the Cadillacs have been stripped to their frames and spattered in day-glo paint. The smell of spray paint was strong, and sadly, empty paint cans were strewn over the ground. People of all ages were busy spraying designs, names and pictures on the cars. Bill and I watched and wondered…… We were baffled just as the designers had hoped!
We had a picnic in the car before continuing on to Albuquerque for the night.
50-in-50 Challenge 