Day 6 - Oklahoma City to Amarillo

A far more challenging day. The route 66 signposts almost all disappeared and where they were seen they were symbolic. The 'Here it is' route 66 map series was invaluable to guide me through the day. The sat nav is useful at times but cannot be relied upon to choose route 66 as the correct route, particularly if you program a destination more than one town / ghost town ahead. Parts of the road have fallen into bad repair and famously some parts were never paved. The below photo shows one such part and I even lost my nerve when I saw cattle grazing over the next section and turned back to find a safer route round this section.

Again many iconic route 66 sights today, although being Sunday most places were closed. Crossed into Texas at lunchtime.

everything is big in Texas -the tallest cross, although to be fair it is very impressive as are the gardens and monuments surrounding the cross

The Cadillac Ranch rounded the day off, near Amarillo. Great fun

333 miles travelled vs planned 251.

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