I can’t figure out what it is about this “work of art” that draws me repeatedly. Perhaps it is my amazement that people are constantly stopping to take the short walk in to a cattle field to gaze upon and add their spray painted mark to the monument. Technically speaking, monument is not the right word. This icon is solely the work of strange beauty in a few people’s mind.
I’ll admit that I Googled “Cadillac Ranch” and delved into the depth of potential knowledge in Wikipedia to try to understand something that is unexplainable.
It really befuddles me to admit that I have been to this site a half dozen times (sometimes without stepping out of my car) to wonder at this mystery. Only once was I alone at the site, and then my solitude was interrupted within a 5 minute stay by some tourists of Amarillo or I-40, I’m not entirely certain. People are always stopping each time I attempt to go here.
Today I pressed on again to snap a few more photos… although the subject today was less the Cadillac’s and more the Amarillo Sky. The wind was light and breezy today and the temperature on the bank sign said 57 which is pleasant with bright sunshine and puffy clouded skies. I got off work during the mid-afternoon while KB and all other normal people are still at work so I ran home and grabbed my camera (braving the little amount of battery left in the tank) and I threw on a wide angle lens hoping to capture what had been an absolutely splendid display of the Simpson’s Cumulus Clouds.
By the time I got there the multitude of giant puffy clouds had moved on but there were still some remnants that left me in wonder of it All. Anyway, to bring a rather pointless story to an end, today was a beautiful day here in Amarillo and I wanted to share it with you all. The sky had this awesome natural gradient from deep rich blues to the lighter haze of the dusty fields. It was pretty sweet. Enjoy.
