A looong but fun trip!

This trip started in Amarillo, Texas and ended in Springfield, Massachusetts. Then from there to Odessa, Texas and then home!

We made another trip to The Big Texan Steakhouse. It is so very yummy. While we were there we had to walk in front of the web cam so that we could wave at my mom and dad who were watching on the Internet. We also saw a guy eat the 72 ounce steak challenge. If you can eat a 72 ounce steak, 3 fried shrimp, baked potato, salad, and a dinner roll within 1 hour, you get it for free. If not it cost you 72 dollars. The guy ate the whole thing with a few minutes to spare and then ate dessert and drank a whole pot of coffee. I don't know how he did it.

72 ounce steak stats.........

Klondike Bill...a professional wrestler ate 2 of the dinners back in 1960.

The oldest person to eat the steak was a 69 year old grandmother.

The youngest person was an 11 year old boy.

Frank Pastore...a former Cincinnati Reds pitcher ate the meal in 21 minutes in February 1976, he held onto that record for 21 years. On May 3, 1987 he ate the meal in 9 and 1/2 minutes.

That record was broken by the current champ Joey Chestnut on March 24, 2008. He ate the meal in 8 minutes and 52 seconds.

A 500 pound Bengal tiger ate the steak only in less than 90 seconds.

If you are ever in Amarillo, Texas on Historical Route 66, you must stop by and eat and visit the gift shop. You will not be disappointed.

Me sitting in the BIG rocking chair

Richard sitting in the BIG rocking chair!
Sitting on the boot outside the Big Texan
A 6 pt buck in the woods at a rest area in Pennsylvania, it walked almost right up to the truck!
NEW YORK
to the far right of the picture is the Statue of Liberty and to the far left is the Empire State Building.

Empire State Building

New York Giants Stadium

Empire State Building....and yes that is a plane to the right. That was scary!

New York City from the G W Bridge

New York City and Hudson River from the G W Bridge

New York Toll and all the crazy drivers

Connecticut Shore......I was not trying to get a picture of the toilet I promise

Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford

Springfield, Massachusetts

an old neighborhood that we drove thru

"stacked houses" in Massachusetts. I only know that is what they call them because I am addicted to HGTV, and I have seen several on there.....

On the way back thru Connecticut..........

IKEA building......thought it was so neat!!

cemetery in New York, right outside of The Bronx.........look how close they are buried!!

The G W Bridge

and again!

Appalachian Mountains in Virginia

Beautiful sunset

Appalachian Mountains

We finally arrive in Odessa, TX, head back to Amarillo and then home. We were coming thru Oklahoma City and heard this loud awful noise.....scared me to death.

This is what we found.......