Day 55–Wonderland RV Park, Cadillac Ranch, Jack Sisemore RV Museum

 

It was very quiet at the Kiva RV Park – Thank You Very Much. After hearing bout the guy next door we weren’t sure if we were back in the wild west and were going hear or see a shoot-out! LOL

After yesterday’s record 408 mile drive, today is only a little over 100 miles. Our plan is to stop at the Cadillac Ranch and the Jack Sisemore RV Museum. On the web site they recommended their CG with an easy on – easy off highway access. Well, if you call going around Robin Hood’s barn easy on and off then I guess it was. But our interpretation was that driving through downtown Amarillo was not easy on and off the highway.

We finally found the place but since there were no really good signs leading the way into the park we ended up coming in the out gate!! We pulled into a site across from the office and went in. The woman was very nice and allowed us to stay in the site we were in, albeit we were parked going the wrong way. Sometimes we can’t be left to our own devices. LOL

After a light lunch we headed out to the Museum. Did I mention that the highway system here in Texas is quite different then at home. There is the main highway then one-way access roads that run parallel to the highway. So now we are looking for the Museum heading the wrong way on the access road on the opposite side of the highway from where we need to be. Then they have these lovely left hand turns with three options. OK then, which one do we want. Once you get to the three options there are no signs so if not familiar  with the area you end up where you do NOT want to be. After some thought we figured it out and finally got to our destination. And to think we travel around this country without a chaperone!

The museum is behind Jack Sisemore RV Sales and is his own private collection of vintage RV’s.

LINK:

http://www.rvmuseum.net/

  

                                   

                                     

                              

Ron loves that bus!!!!

The Itasca has only 6000 original miles on it and the interior is like brand new.

It was a small museum so we were in and out in about 30 minutes. After a quick stop at Wal Mart for some staples we headed out to the Cadillac Ranch to take some pictures. Not sure if I mentioned this but the winds have picked up considerably and are non-stop. They call them the “Spring Winds” and I guess can be pretty brutal. So brutal, they kick up severe dust storms that can result in I-40 being shut down.

LINK to Cadillac Ranch:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2220

The Cadillac's had once been painted pink but now have graffiti all over them. People bring in cans of spray paint and have at it. There is a dumpster outside of the ranch but people just throw the empty cans on the ground. There must have been thousands of cans rolling around the field. Cannot and will never understand why people are such slobs and have no respect for other peoples’ property.

The wind was relentless and it was getting very cold. The woman at the CG recommended a local Mexican Restaurant to us so we decided to stop for dinner on the way home. The  food, prices and margaritas were great!

Back at the CG we settled in for the night. The wind intensified and the MH was rocking like we were on a boat. Not sure where we will end up on Wednesday, because again we have no plans. Only time will tell.