CADILLAC RANCH

On the road from OKC to Santa Fe NM, we spent the night in Amarillo TX. After checking in at our hotel, we immediately went to the nearest Wal-Mart, bought some spray paint and then went to the Cadillac Ranch. When we were done, we had left-over paint and gave it to some kids who were thrilled for the chance to paint the cars.

This photo of I-40 was taken from the balcony of our hotel at sunset.

CADILLAC RANCH

The Cadillac Ranch is on the western outskirts of Amarillo TX and can be seen to the south from I-40. To visit the cars, exit off I-40, park on the service road and walk through a field to the cars. Be sure to take a can of spray paint and your camera!




















"Cadillac Ranch" by Bruce Springsteen:

"Well there she sits buddy just a-gleaming in the sun
There to greet a working man when his day is done
I'm gonna pack my pa and I'm gonna pack my aunt
I'm gonna take them down to the Cadillac Ranch

Eldorado fins, whitewalls and skirts
Rides just like a little bit of heaven here on earth
Well buddy when I die throw my body in the back
And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac

Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark, shiny and black
Open up your engines let `em roar
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

James dean in that Mercury `49
Junior Johnson runnin through the woods of Caroline
Even Burt Reynolds in that black Trans Am
All gonna meet down at the Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark, shiny and black
Open up your engines let `em roar
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

Hey little girlie in the blue jeans so tight
Drivin alone through the Wisconsin night
You're my last love you're my last chance
Don't let `em take me to the Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark, shiny and black
Pulled up to my house today
Came and took my little girl away
"