Around the Country in 100 Days

 Any of you who are receiving this blog- I am transferring everybody to Pike's Awesome Journey across America. I have been running two blogs & it takes forever to copy & paste & repost pics. I am texting or e mailing everyone the current blog post anyway. You will receive my next post in a couple of days as I just did one tonight. Thanks for your patience with this Blog site. Linda

 Sunday am we headed out to Oklahoma. On our way from Palo Duro Canyon, we spied the Legs of Amarillo. They say everything is bigger in Texas as these pics show.  We ate a Sunday lunch at the "famous" Big Texan. Some people try to eat a 72 oz steak.(not us) Delicious & very cute.  We cruised Amarillo Route 66. It was in terrible condition. Not even a picture worthy Motel. This is the iconic Conoco-You Drop Inn in Shamrock Tx. I actually had a Shamrock Shake in Shamrock, Texas! We camped out at Elk City Lake Park, Oklahoma. Unfortunately, the sun was in my eyes & the camera was reversed , & I was heartbroken because I wanted you to see how close we were to the lake. Thank you google for borrowed photos. We were literally on the grass by the water! Not bad at $15. with electric & water!! Monday morning we began early to visit the Route 66 National Transportation Museum in Elk City.    ³   Test  This was my favorite. A family at a roadside...

 We left Albuquerque about 11:00 which is way late for the long drive to Amarillo. (About 6 hrs.) First we went to the Nuclear Science Museum. Very interesting!! There is a lot to see & we took too long but oh well! Fat Man, the bomb dropped on Japan This was literally the first type of a Nuclear device. An actual bomb. They tested this device on old bleachers at a college ball field in Chicago. Little Boy, the other bomb dropped on Japan Supplies from a fallout shelter. Different rockets. Different rockets. This is the type of storage container they put the Nuclear waste in to transport. Very interesting story behind Snoopy & Charlie Brown. With the first Apollo accident, they wanted to make sure everyone was being very careful & not making mistakes that could put astronauts in jeopardy. So they made Snoopy the Safety Officer Apollo 10 named the Command Ship Charlie Brown & the Rover Snoopy. This was the dress rehearsal for the Apollo 11 Moon walk. They made sure t...