This morning we had our most interesting morning of the trip so far. When we arrived in Shamrock yesterday we saw an interesting building with murals on the outside walls. We decided to go have a closer look this morning before we left Shamrock. Sitting outside the building, which turned out to be an old service station turned into a bar, was a gentleman named Tye Thompson. He runs the bar, is the BBQ and potato salad cook, server and entertainer. He use to play in a country band throughout the area. The bar didn't open until 5:00 p.m. but he said we could come in and have a look around. He was very proud of the bar and showed us the old bar that had been installed. He then said he would play us a few songs---personalized entertainment at its best.
When we asked who had done the murals on the building, it turns out he is an artist as well and had done them himself. He had done many other murals in Shamrock and in other towns in the area. When we went to McLean Tex. farther down the road we saw a number of murals he had done there as well.
Quite an interesting start to our day. We spent about an hour and a half with Tye and enjoyed his Texas drawl and stories. This is the fun part of travelling Route 66.
Our next stop (Are you ready Heike and Dirk?) You guessed it----The Barb Wire Museum in McLean Tex. The displays are very extensive and we spent a long time looking at the incredible displays. The ironic part of the museum is that it is housed in a large building that use to be a Bra factory.
Today was not a lot of travelling as we only went about 120 miles and we are staying in Amarillo Texas today. At Groom Texas we stopped to see the leaning water tower and the largest Cross in the Western Hemisphere at 190 feet. There were a lot of neat statues dedicated to Jesus at the cross as well.
Tomorrow we will start our day with a visit to the famous Cadillac Ranch.
Did you ever get your computer to upload pictures into the blog? If a picture is worth a thousand words then you have exceeded your limit for the week. Don't you think that the statues and crosses could have been put to better use as parking curbs at the Cadillac Ranch. Nothing says success like being a potato salad cook. Let's hope that it was German potato salad.
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