Whew! What a day! We were on the road for 11 hours today and finally called Albuquerque, NM home for the night. Today was a good day for talking...because we did a lot of it haha. Today, since we had a lot of time, I asked my Aunt to tell me the story of how they came from Bolivia to Las Vegas. The story took 3 hours haha! It kept my attention the whole time though. It was a very inspiring story and got me excited to start helping in Vegas.
As far as sights go today, there were many! Today there were many, many turbines. They are all over Texas, It is nice to see the future in full "swing."Going into Texas was awesome! We went to this welcome center and you could see for miles and miles! The land is so flat compared to Missouri. The first cool sight was the Leaning water tower of Texas! It isn't named that, but it was in fact a leaning water tower! A few miles from it was the largest cross in the western hemisphere. Its true when they say everything is bigger in Texas haha. This thing as HUGE! Surrounding the Cross were the 13 stages of the Cross. I don't fully understand it, but it is a Catholic thing involving the road Jesus took to the Cross. It had a nice little gift shop there as well.
After this we went to eat at Cracker Barrel. I am glad to make a better memory this time than the last time we ate there. After eating, We went to go buy spray paint so I could leave my mark on a Cadillac at the Cadillac Ranch. I was expecting this to be a major site with benches and a museum and stuff. No, the cars were in the middle of a field with no sign to ever tell you how to get there. You could see it from the highway and it was up to you to find the way there. This was a sight worth seeing though. After walking through a 50mph wind, We made it to the 10 Caddies buried in the ground. It was interesting to read some of the stuff there. People from Italy and England had left their mark there. Everyone had been there and I am glad to be apart of the people to leave their mark on this land mark! See the picture below to see what I wrote!
Other than vast plains and tumble weeds, there isn't much to report. I had a headache most of the day because we were facing the sun most of the day, but that has now faded since we have stopped. Will we make it to Vegas tomorrow? Tune in tomorrow to find out!
Much love,
Sounds like a lot of fun getting to just ride through different states taking in the sites. That is something that I would like to do. If we would have known that you would be spending the night there you could have meet one of your dad's favorite high school english teachers. She could have told you some good stories about him, Uncle Bo and myself. You will have to ask him about her (Mrs. Spann), she now lives there. Love you bunches!!! Be very careful on the road tomorrow, how many more hours to go?
ReplyDeleteLove, Aunt Kim