From Snowflake AZ to Shamrock TX

I have more pictures then you can possibly imagine, and so I figured that I would be nice and cut my blog posts down into smaller segments.  Your welcome.
Last Saturday, September 3rd, David and I woke up early, and finished getting things ready and cleaned up.  We left our wonderful children in the capable hands of Davids' sister Eva. We owe her HUGE! Here is a quick picture that David took on our way out the door.  Five groggy and sweet kiddos eating their cereal, and one cute little niece too!

We drove away at about 7:30 am and headed eastward. It was a wonderful drive, in a super nice truck, with all the bells and whistles. We even had cruise control and a reliable air conditioner! I know that is pretty commonplace, but not for me. My van is on the last toe of its last leg, so cruise control and air conditioning is a real treat!! The ride was cushy and comfortable.  

 This is our one and only picture we took in New Mexico.  This is the prettiest thing you will probably see in the whole state.  Between Snowflake and Amarillo, it is the most boring scenery there ever was.  And that is a fact.

Passing into Texas.  I had never been to Texas so it was pretty exciting for me.  I kept singing "if you want to play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band".  I was driving David crazy. 

 BUT... look what we found!  Cadillac Ranch is literally in the middle of nowhere, and such a fun, busy stop.  David and I tried our hand at spray painting, and both decided that we will leave graffiti for the pros.  But it sure was fun to paint the cars, and stretch our legs.  Oh, and we didn't need to bring our own spray paint.  There were cans scattered all over the place.  Talk about graffiti and litter!!

This picture will not post the right way, but you get the idea. It was super fun... and windy! 

 The guy behind us in the red tanktop jersey had more color on him then the cars!  He was COVERED in bright tattoos.  David and I had a laugh about it, after the fact of course....  he may have just killed us!

Here is the largest cross in the United States.  It is hard to gauge the size of this thing (especially sideways!), but it really is HUGE.  You can kind of make out some telephone poles down in the tree line, above the rearview mirror.  =)  That's how big it is.

 And this is a fun little water tower that is all skiwampus and crooked.  Even sideways!

We found our hotel in the tiny town of Shamrock, TX.  We ventured out to find a place to eat.  We found a ma and pop restaurant, and enjoyed a delicious meal swimming in grease and gravy.  YUM!  I really liked sitting quietly and listening to all the thick Texan accents around us.  It made me smile, and feel a little out of place.  We headed back to our hotel room in the pouring rain.

 Sunday morning, before heading toward Oklahoma for church, we found a famous gas station that had been seen in movies, and grabbed a few pictures there.  I still don't know what movie the gas station is from (anyone??), but it is done up nice, and has a little gift shop inside. 

...stay tuned for the next post that will take us from Shamrock, TX into Clinton and Taloga, OK, and onto Kansas City, MO!