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The Big Texan
I - 10 East
Amarillo, Texas USA
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"The Big Texan"
Home of the 72 oz. FREE Steak
.The Big Texan Steak House is famous for it's 72 oz,
free steak. If you can eat it / with trimmings, in one hour,
it's free! Yes they do have takers on this deal. At the
front of the massive dinning room on an elevated stage is a table with a
large digital timer. This is where contestants have to sit and
gorge themselves on the 72 oz. steak / with trimmings. If you don't finish in time,
you pay for your meal, all 72 ounces / with trimmings.
I went to "The Big Texan" to eat lunch and
check it out. I was expecting a tourist trap restaurant. It
did have a lot of stuff for the Texas Tourist, but to my surprise, the
steak was great, and the service was excellent. I ordered an 8 oz.
filet and ate it all up. No, it wasn't free but it was
reasonably priced.
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Cadillac Ranch
A Monument to an Eccentric Texas
"Art
is a legalized form of insanity and I do it very well"
Stanley Marsh III
The Cadillac Ranch was dreamed up and built by helium multimillionaire
Stanley Marsh number 3 in 1974. Ten Caddies, ranging from
1949 - 1963 models are stuck in the ground nose first and
tilted to the west at the same angle as the Cheops'
pyramids. In 1994 Mr., Marsh had to move and replant them all
further west because of Amarillo urban sprawl. The "Cadillac
Ranch " is locate a few miles west of Amarillo on I-40 in a wheat
field owned by Mr. Marsh. Visitors are welcome to bring spray
paint to personalize the sculpture at anytime
24/7.
The
Cadillac Ranch: is located West of Amarillo, on the South side of I-40,
between exits 60 and 62
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The Cadillac Ranch
I - 10 West
Amarillo, Texas |
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The Bug Ranch
I - 10 East
Amarillo, Texas
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The Bug Ranch
At the Longhorn Trading Post
Ain't
free enterprise a wonderful thing. Route 66 maybe gone but the
tourist going down I-40 still have to have a reason to stop. The
owner of the Longhorn Trading Post needed a gimmick to get people to stop
and "surprise, surprise" the "Bug Ranch" was
born. These people cars are pointed for the best view from I-40 and
the angle is the exact angle that the backhoe operator found
easiest. Located right next to the "Rattle Snake Ranch" it
offers the a perfect photo op for those passing through the Panhandle of
Texas. Can you imagine in years to come some folks will look at
there vacation photos and remember Texas, the way it really is.
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