Santa Rosa, New Mexico

As we travel west, we were able to hook up with some friends, Mike and Marion. We traveled with them on our Alaska trip.

We went to the Blue Hole in Santa Rosa, New Mexico.  

This hole in the middle of the desert is a place where scuba divers are able to practice or get certified.

All those bubbles are divers down below.

Then we took a small journey out to Santa Rosa Lake and Dam.  

Now we are off to Gallup, New Mexico.  Should be home by Wednesday.

Cadillac Ranch & the 72 OZ. Steak

We stopped in Amarillo, Texas for the night and stayed at a very nice place called Oasis RV Park.  

Right down the road from this park was the famous Cadillac Ranch along Historic Route 66.

Interesting how they like to bury automobiles and then spray paint the heck out of them.

You know how everything in Texas is bigger?  We went to a restaurant that proves this statement when comes to eating.

This restaurant serves a 72 oz. steak meal that if you are able to eat it all in an hour, it's free!

If you up for the challenge, they have a special table for you to sit at and the timer is right overhead.

Jim said, "No way!"

Texas Country Music Hall of Fame

We left New Orleans to head to Shreveport, Louisiana when we discovered that just a few miles away in Texas is the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame.  Spent the night in Carthage, Texas and first thing in the morning went to the Museum.

You notice that this museum also includes Tex Ritter, Uncle Frank's boyhood favorite.  Uncle Frank's other favorite is Hop Along Cassidy but he wasn't here.

Tex Ritter had a famous son, John Ritter.

Whiel you look at the exhibits, you can play country music from a juke box.

There were some cutouts of some famous folks.

We had some favorite exhibits such as Willie Nelson,

Tanya Tucker,

and the museum lady's favorite, Jimmy Reeves.

It was a good but short visit.