Very nice breakfast, and final goodbyes with Patti's sister and brother-in law. Then we packed the car and headed about five hours northwest to Amarillo, Texas. We decided to break the drive up a bit and not push so hard to get to Albuquerque in one day.
The driving was hot hot hot. When we had to get out to go to the bathroom or fill up with gas....it was hot!. We went through a lot of cool drinks on the drive.
Our trusty Roadside America app gave us a couple of great tips and stops today: First to The World's Largest Bowie Knife in Bowie TX. This town spent $170,000 to create a replica Bowie knife out of Steel and Wood. It was twenty feet tall. The advice on the app was to try to get your picture taken in a way that it looks like you are being stabbed by the knife, so of course, Patti had to try this.
The next attraction was a family of dinosaurs at a truck stop, right next to the Tesla electric car charging station. Very nice group of dinosaurs, AND the truck stop had great smoked BBQ, Delicious!
And finally, we just had to stop at the world's smallest skyscraper, only 4 stories high. It seems that a conman came into the town of Wichita Falls in the 1920's during the oil boom and talked the town council into signing a contract for a 480" skyscraper...only to later find out that the council members had misread the plans which were actually in inches rather than feet. Having just been in the New York City, we couldn't miss seeing this smallest skyscraper. Not that impressive, but intriguing.
We checked into our hotel, and then Dick chaired a US Servas board meeting. And, a little while later did a mentoring session with doctoral student that he works with. Dick is having a sense of some of his normal responsibilities coming back to him. In between, we had dinner at a Somalian African restaurant. We were the only non-Africans there, and did our best to be good guests. The food was good, and it was fun to see another side of Texas.
Patti is beginning to think about her work responsibilities. It won’t be too long before we’re back in Oceanside.
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