We crossed the New Mexico/Texas border and got excited for our next I-40 roadside attraction,
Cadillac Ranch, an art installation of cars literally "installed" in the ground by art group,
The Ant Farm and their silent partner,
Stanley Marsh 3 in 1974. Of course it happens to be in a lumpy bumpy dusty field hundreds of feet from the road, so Mat had to take his photo street-side -but don't feel bad for him! He got to meet some new friends who are visiting Route 66 all the way from Augsburg, Germany: Markus and Christine.
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| Mat at Cadillac Ranch (yes, those are half-buried cars!) roadside I-40 Amarillo, TX |
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| Mat meets new friends, Markus and Christine from Germany |
The Cadillac Ranch artists believe that the art must go on: YOU ARE ENCOURAGED to bring some spray paint and make your own mark on the cars -but take a picture fast because someone else will cover up your art lickety split. We weren't prepared to do so, but we enjoyed watching Nick, Andy, and Heather from Michigan spray their art graffiti (see video below). Victoria found a paint chip piece on the ground, hundreds of paint layers thick! A true keepsake. We had a great time and our only complaint was that we wish that all the artists would pick up the empty paint cans they toss willy-nilly into the field (there's even a dumpster provided next to the road for the purpose).
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| Nick, Andy, and Heather came from Michigan to spray paint their mark on Cadillac Ranch. Amarillo, TX |
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| Victoria holds up a cast-off paint chip from Cadillac Ranch. Amarillo, TX |
A few miles away is a Cadillac Ranch copy-cat installation using tractors called
Combine City where farmer Orville Ladehoff half-buried or "planted" 14 combines in his field by the roadside. Mat had to check it out but it was so windy that Victoria had to keep a hand on him at all times!
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| Victoria keeps Mat from blowing away in the wind at Combine City outside of Amarillo, TX |
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| It's so windy that Victoria has to hold on to Mat to keep him from blowing into the "planted" tractors at Combine City |
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