ROUTE 66 in TEXAS
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| Cadillac Ranch, just west of Amarillo. Nine late 50s to early
60s Caddies buried in a field west of Amarillo at the exact angle of the
Pyramids. Really. (65k) |
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| Cadillac Ranch. I haven't been here since 1996, but I heard the
cars were moved farther west to get them away from encroaching development.
(52k) |
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| Cadillac Ranch. Visitors are encouraged to repaint and write
on the cars. If you read everything in the picture, you'll see that some
people should be actively discouraged. (32k) |
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| Vega. While changing film, an oriole was kind enough to perch
on the sign. Unfortunately, very little of the old road remains in Texas.
Its relatively straight swath allowed Interstate 40 to be built alongside
or on top of it. (24k) |
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| Glenrio, straddling the line between Texas and New Mexico. Glenrio
was a real town before I-40 bypassed it. A few people still live here,
but I've never seen anything but a few angry dogs. The First Hotel in
Texas / Last Hotel in New Mexico remains an attraction, if not an thriving
business. (47k) |
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| Glenrio, looking west into New Mexico. The dead-end sign refers
only to the access road, to which access is denied. A gravel road, the
original 66 until the 1930s, continues to the west. (48k) |
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