After the tire incident in Oklahoma, the rest of the day was pretty uneventful. The scenery gets flatter and flatter the further west you go. So it’s pretty dull driving. Arrived in Amarillo about 6:30 PM CDT. Found a really nice campground. Remember this is Texas, but this place actually has grass and trees. Also has pull through sites, with dog pens, and shaded picnic tables. Along with free WiFi, we really like this place.

Those of you who know Richard very well, and have been blessed with hearing all his stories, will remember him talking about a trip he took in 1970 where he drove through Amarillo Texas, and found a really run down looking restaurant with a lot of local Texas cars parked around it where he had one of the best steak diners he had ever eaten.

Now for the rest of the story. Today 35 years later we had a great steak diner the Big Texan Steak Ranch. Turns out the place was started in another part of town in 1960. Moved to the present site by the Interstate in the mid 1970’s. Still serves a great steak diner. So Sometimes you can go back again.

Tomorrow we head on to Albaquerque New Mexico. The current plan is to spend the day here in Amarillo, and leave around 5:00 PM to do the drive during the cool of the evening. We need time to do some house keeping, etc. and rest a bit. The trip from here to Albaquerque isn’t all that scenic, so we won’t miss much driving at night, and the coach runs better with the cool moist air.