Amarillo by morning

After another jarring ride on I-40 we arrived at the Amarillo KOA. Typical A-frame building with metal sculptures scattered about. There are a few trees and with another 100 degree day I feel for those campers who are parked in the glaring sun with no shade whatsoever. There are pull through and back in sites, but they are not hard to navigate. There is a playground and pool, as well as a nice fenced in doggie park replete with playground. The park provides a hayride during the summer season, and I noticed the wagon was full the one night we were there to see it.
The folks are nice, in fact, I was in the office during probably the busiest time of the day, but I never witnessed one person getting frazzled. They remained nice and cheerful even and that's a welcome response when you have fought the wind and even the rain in trying to reach your destination.
The facilities are clean and include a laundry, a gift shop that even includes RV supplies, a cafe that is open from 6 p.m. to 8:30--they even bring your food to your RV. I had a reading scheduled and the owner, Bobbi, arranged the Rec Room for my reading. I certainly did not expect her to do so--my husband and I normally do that ourselves. The heat was pretty bad during the day, but both nights we were there were cool enough that we sat outside until dark. Our stay at the Amarillo KOA was comfortable and we like the hometown feel.
One thing we really looked forward to was eating at the home of the 72 oz steak--you have to eat a 72 steak along with salad, fried shrimp one roll and a baked potato in an hour and you get the meal free--pretty good since the meal costs $72.00. We didn't even try which is a good thing since I didn't even make it through my 6 oz filet. Larry had a 16 oz strip and left nothing but a stain on the plate showing where his food had been. We also visited the Cadillac Ranch, which consisted of 10 Caddies planted in a field of wheat. Spray paint is provided and plenty of people were availing themselves of the opportunity to express their pleasure at being at such a unique place. We passed, primarily because the wind was blowing and I am a little too practical to allow us to ruin our clothes just to write the tag "we were here."
We had to burn a couple of hours at a walk-in clinic--hubby was sick and finally couldn't fight it anymore. Turned out to be a sinus infection, which doesn't sound bad but anyone who has ever suffered from one knows how miserable they can make you feel. After a steroid shot and a Zpack he should be back to normal in no time.
I got some good pictures on the road. One is the biggest cross I have ever seen. It was in front of a church under construction and I didn't get the name. Also took pictures of windmills and telephone poles just because neither are frequent on the AR landscape.
More later--Happy Trails