Cadillac Ranch

The triplets have been major road trip kids since they were five months old. Yes that is when Meme and I loaded the three car seats in the back of the van, took out the middle seat and headed east. I only remember parts of that trip. Not that it was bad but I believe that was the trip of the infamous "handy dandy van" incident in OK City in a bad neighborhood in the middle of the night (ask Meme). So from that point on my kids accepted willingly to the open road. They have seen many many things and toured many places but this last trip seemed to be the eye opener. It was like every thing was new. This may have been why I enjoyed it so much. I had buddies with me this time who wanted to share and look and know. Before it was fun and neat as I introduced things that interested me to my young babies. But this time, we shared all the interests. The enjoyable smell of a skunk (again for this oddity you must talk to Meme), counting down the mile markers, eating in the car, singing the same song over and over, crossing bridges, playing "Tennessee River" every time we cross the Tennessee River (we crossed it in several states) and the list goes on. But what they really learned on this trip was all the wonderful things truck stops have to offer (except spray paint); showers, gas, candy, cheese sticks, coffee and toys. How do truckers make money when they can so easily spend it all right there at the Flying J?

As I have said, we have made many stops along the interstates we have traveled but this year we stopped near Amarillo, Tx at Cadillac Ranch. I looked for a can of spray paint at truck stop but had to settle for permant markers. It was so fun to stop and write on a car. So here was the fun we had that day...