Elk City, OK – Amarillo, TX
Good morning, America!
Last bar in Oklahoma, and Texans come for drinking (dry state).
Howdy!
We arrived in Texas, first town: Shamrock ☘️ the name was given by Irish immigrants. Obviously.
Texas is the second biggest US state (after Alaska).
We have the pleasure to drive 300km along Route66 in Texas via the „panhandle“, the north of Texas. The landscape is changing.
Texas, full of cliches? Cowboys & oil, rancher & republicans, rattlesnakes, Dallas & family Bush.
Don’t mess with Texas (a slogan for a campaign aimed at reducing littering on Texas roadways by the Texas Department of Transportation). Let’s spray graffiti on Cadillacs instead.
Let’s have steak & don’t get confused with the ounces… the steak challenge: Can you eat a 72 ounce (~2kg) steak incl. sides within 60 minutes? If you make it, it’s for free. If not, you pay $80! Well, we shared a 36 ounce T-Bone steak. Sooooo delicious!
Let’s talk about cowboys.
Lonely men who drink coffee or whiskey and smoking Marlboro like in the advertising in 1954 living in peace and freedom? Well, reality looked a little different. It was hard work watching up to 5000 cows 10-12 hours daily, rain or shine, badly paid. A cowboys career started already with 12. The only thing which hasn’t changed until today: the outfit.
The Grand Canyon of Texas. The second largest canyon in the country lies in the heart of the Texas Panhandle.
Bye bye, Texas!
We managed driving already half way of Route66… excited for the 2nd half.
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