Cleburne to Amarillo

Do you know the Way to Amarillo?  This was a popular song many years ago, and here we are in that city for two days.  It is in an area called the Texas Panhandle.  Have a look at a map of Texas and see if you can tell why it is called that.



The first thing we have to do when we pack up the trailer home is empty the tanks of used water and ....  well, you can guess what else!

The drive from Cleburne (south of Dallas/Fort Worth) to Wichita Falls and then onto Amarillo was a long one.  We decided to do the whole trip in one day to allow a non-travelling day in Amarillo today.  It was slightly up hill all the way and there was a very strong head wind, which meant the big motor home got blown around a bit.



Amarillo is a transport hub.  There are several big inter-state highways and railway lines all passing through.  When you go into town there are hundreds (maybe thousands) of big rigs (18 wheeler trucks), and the railway line runs through the middle of the city.

When we arrived in Amarillo, we went for dinner at this famous Steak House called The Big Texan.  They offer all customers a free 72 ounce steak (what is that in kilograms?) if you can eat it in less than 1 hour.  I had a 16 ounce steak and that was big enough.





Today we visited Palo Duro Canyon State Park which is just south of Amarillo, and it is the second largest canyon in the United States.  Do you know which is the biggest in the USA?  It also happens to be the biggest in the world.

At the end of our time at the Canyon, we passed some long horn cattle so I took a photo just to show you.

Tomorrow we plan to drive to Raton in New Mexico and perhaps on to our next school visit which will be Cotopaxi School in Colorado. However, there is some bad weather forecast, so we will have to be flexible.