Art on a Large Scale

Art on a Large Scale:

We took one last drive through downtown Tucumcari on our way out.   Although the town is just a shadow of its pre-interstate heyday, it's got quite the collection of murals and quirky relics from those days.  













Speaking of quirky relics, as we continued eastbound on I-40, we just HAD to stop at Cadillac Ranch outside of Amarillo:





As pretty as the desert-like scenery of the last week or so has been, it was nice tonight to pull into an RV park with real green grass and flowers here in El Reno, Oklahoma.



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