Monday, and the Truck

Monday morning found us at the Amarillo Ford dealership at service opening.  With the truck in service,  what to do with the rest of the day?  Those high winds were now calm, so should we go see Palo Duro Canyon?   But what would we do if the truck is fixed and ready to pick up?  If the truck did not get fixed on Monday and if we did not get the truck back, then we would have to stay in Amarillo through the approaching winter storm, possibility until Saturday or Sunday.  

So the solution for Monday was to get ready to leave Tuesday, and hope that the truck would be ready.  And only a few miles west of the Ford dealership . . . Cadillac Ranch! 

It had been decades since I walked out to the nose-first buried Cadillacs. In fact, the first time I visited the Cadillacs, they were located still in their original location some 3 miles east - which is in Amarillo city limits now.

But there the Cadillacs were in all there graffiti-coated glory. 

Of course, there are discarded paint cans left for others, and who can resist leaving their fleeting calling card?

Now with all hopes that we would get the truck back on Monday,  we left the Cadillac Ranch and headed to buy groceries.  As we approached the check stand, my phone rang - the truck was ready!   Check out and head to the Ford dealership!   What was wrong?   A software update and replace some intake gaskets.  We headed back to Overnight RV Park with leaving early Tuesday for Santa Fe in mind. We returned the Enterprise car, got back to the RV and prepared for departure.   Priority was to get to Santa Fe before the winter storm arrived!

The 6am alarm was early.   But we were able to leave Amarillo by 10am pointed west to Clines Corners. Everything was running fine and all was well.  Maybe . . .