D3, had us leaving Stroud and into Texas. Big State. Everything is big here ... crosses, billboards, trains (we raced a train which was great fun, and the conductor hooting his horn as we flew beside him on the road). Some towns and some of the landscape reminded me of Paris Texas, the Wim Wenders film (with Harry Dean Stanton & Nastassja Kinski), or the Last Picture Show by Peter Bogdanovich (which starred Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd and Timothy Bottoms).
After heading thru Amarillo, we stopped at the Cadillac Ranch, where someone planted cadillacs in a corn field. "if you build it, they will come" says the phrase in Field of Dreams. In this case, tourists come to graffiti-ize their mark on these cars. Quite neat. Requisite shot of our car group. Then onward to Ruidoso, NM. The part of Texas we were in was quite high in altitude. The high plains in fact. Now i understand the clint eastwood film, "High Plains Drifter" ;-)
Into New Mexico we went, on backroads that extend for miles like rods of asphalt. Roswell would be our next stop, aside from petrol breaks and "technical breaks";-) Some members (an unnamed person named Alan) undertook risky operations (watch out for rattlers) in deep brush to take technical breaks;-)
After Roswell, up to Ruidoso. 6968 feet above sea level. Twice the height of Irelands tallest point! Location of the Billy the Kid Hideout Museum!
Top pic is car of ChapterMeister of the MidWest Rgruppe, Curt, and how some unnamed person (Jared) created trucker decals for the mudflaps (rally style homage) and the girl was duly christened "peggy" (have no idea why).
No comments:
Post a Comment