Morning all! So this video was not supposed to be. When I left the “house” this morning I had zero intentions of filming a video. I had my camera, sure, but I was actually thinking of just practicing and “if something interesting happens”, sharing it here.

Well ….

I am basically a goofball most of the time. All of what you see in this video is my outer monologue that normally happens when I’m exploring around. I just happened to have the camera running while I was “being me”.

And yea … “Poor Nikki”. LOL!

She’s a good sport and usually just tunes out the weirdness of me. I carry the camera mostly so she can use it as an excuse. “Oh, I thought you were filming”. 🙂

But the premise of this video was true. I had always seen 1970’s era photos of Cadillac Ranch where every year some dude stuck another one in the ground. THAT’s what I thought I was going to see. Instead … and don’t get me wrong, the place is cool … it was basically a living graffiti museum. Half of the people I watched walking up had spray paint cans in their hands.

Unfortunately they also usually just dropped them on the ground, even though there is a row of trash cans right fricking there. 🙁

We cleaned up two five gallon buckets worth and could have easily filled a dumpster if we had even thought of tackling the field. There were so many paint caps, as far as the eyes could see.

I really dug the artistry of the place, but people being pigs is another matter. F***ing up the planet because you’re (a) lazy or (b) it’s what everybody does is ignorant.

OK, angry, grumpy old man rant over.

We did go looking for “Historic Route 66” through Amarillo, but couldn’t really find it. We found the road, just not the “Americana”. Maybe we went in the wrong direction. LOL!

Anyway, in 11 minutes I’m going to wake up Nikki and off we drive to Roswell New Mexico. And yea, a video must happen there. Our alien overlords have declared it so.

~ Rick