Sunday, August 31 - Day 22

Very hot, high 90's all day, and strong crosswinds made the trip more demanding than I needed.  Not much to see today, but we did take a side trip into Tucumcari to see the Route 66 motel, The Blue Swallow, that Malcolm and I had stayed in five years ago (it was July 4 and the owner put on a fireworks display for his guests - but no cannon crackers - "us Vietnam Vets don't like them things").

It's still going strong - "every room refrigerated" - but there are dozens of old motels, gas stations and other businesses that are slowly turning to dust.  The new Interstate was the death knell for a lot of towns along Route 66.

This building was across the street.  Lots of 50's cars sitting around and I saw an auto recycling business that looked like it hadn't changed for 50 years.

The only other attraction that we saw was the Cadillac Ranch, but there are no signs telling you when to take an off ramp and rather than retracing our steps we carried on.  The photo which follows was taken on my trip with Malcolm.

Tonight we're in Tulsa,Oklahoma.  Tomorrow we see the St. Louis Arch.