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12-13-2018, 07:51 PM
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12-13-2018, 08:36 PM
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Spent a few days there in the early ‘90s. Seemed flat, hot and windswept. Has a wasteland feel to it if you like that sort of thing. I’m sure you could get a big house for cheap.
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12-13-2018, 08:38 PM
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Amarillo Highway
by Robert Earl Keen I'm a high straight in Plainview A side bet in Idalou An' a fresh deck in Mobile Yeah some call me high handed Some call me low handed But I'm holdin' what I am the wheel 'Cause I'm panhandlin' manhandlin' Post holin' hugh rollin' dust bowlin' Daddy I ain't got no blood in my veins I just got them four lanes Of hard Amarillo Highway I don't wear no Stetson But I'm willin' to bet son That I'm as big a Texan as you are There's a girl in her bare feet Asleep on the back seat And the trunk's full of Pearl beer and Lone Star 'Cause I'm panhandlin' manhandlin' Post holin' hugh rollin' dust bowlin' Daddy I ain't got no blood in my veins I just got them four lanes Of hard Amarillo Highway Gonna hop outta bed Pop a pill in my head Bust a hub for the Golden Spread Under Blue Skies Gonna stuff my hide Behind some Power Glide Get some southern fried back in my hide 'Cause I'm panhandlin' manhandlin' Post holin' hugh rollin' dust bowlin' Daddy I ain't got no blood in my veins I just got them four lanes Of hard Amarillo Highway As Close as I'll ever get to heaven Is makin' speed up old eighty-seven Of that hard Amarillo Highway ..... it aint the best riding and it really depends which way you are riding.
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12-13-2018, 09:03 PM
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  Cadillac Ranch  Palo Duro Canyon  Helium Time Capsule Monument Built in 1968 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Helium. Amarillo has a huge helium reserve and is often called the helium Capitol of the world. This stainless steel molecule also contains popular books and artifacts from the 1960s, each tube will be opened in 50, 100, and 1000 years after 1968.
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12-13-2018, 09:23 PM
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Over thirty-five years ago I came this close to getting myself and two college buddies killed near Amarillo. We were driving from San Diego back to school in NH, and I drew the short straw to drive across the Texas panhandle around 3 AM. After I took the wheel they soon fell asleep, and of course the highway was straight and flat, with no other traffic. Twice I nodded off, only to be woken by the rumble strips by the side of the road. After the second time I said to myself "this is serious business, don't let it happen again," and it didn't. Never told the guys how close we all came to buying it that night.
That's all I have about Amarillo. And no, it didn't strike me as somewhere I'd like to ride.
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12-14-2018, 04:20 AM
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12-14-2018, 06:34 AM
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All posts are right on
Wind
Flat “The Big Texan Steak house” The wind mills 12 hours from Tucson Feed lots the smell when the wind shifts Trucks passing through I-40 Lots of motels Crazy weather mostly heat and drought Other than that a nice place
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12-14-2018, 06:59 AM
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When a hard cold front rips through, there are very few places that are as cold. 30-40 mph winds with higher gusts are common. I kid you not.....brutal. Palo Duro Canyon is quite beautiful
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12-14-2018, 07:30 AM
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"Where it's hot and cold and it seldom rains... as a rule, the nights are cool..."
More meteorological information in this old country song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOP_NA-Nl88. 
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12-14-2018, 07:37 AM
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In other words, to sum it up, Armarillo is like any other place on earth, there's good and there's bad...but whatever it is, do come and visit us sometimes, we will do our best to make you feel welcome.
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12-14-2018, 08:38 AM
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I'm late to this thread but will to try to add some riding viability comments. I grew up in the OK Panhandle a couple hours north and went to school and worked in Lubbock for longer than I should have. Lubbock 2 hours south had and still has a decent cycling community, I don't mean the town likes cyclists I mean there are cyclists who have active group rides and several race teams. They have turned to gravel in recent years as too many riders were being run down and killed by indifferent drivers.
We did go up and ride in Amarillo with that club a few times a year for a variety and 10 years ago they had a decent sized cycling club. Rides I made it to were usually southwest of town on mostly flat straight roads with just a few little hills. I haven't ridden northwest of town but I knew at least one rider who lived up there and claimed he had much better riding that direction, the terrain does change from flat farm land to rolling range land which is important for one huge reason, the wind is going to blow and in the range land you have much less dirt/dust in the air. The dust storm season in Amarillo is livable, a couple hours south in Lubbock the sky is brown from now until May when the cotton gets tall enough to stop the ground from blowing. Less than hour north of Amarillo is Canadian River recreation area where everything from trail running to dune buggy shenanigans takes place, lots of mountain bikes there every time I'd drive past. And finally the city of Amarillo is old and has more going for it that other area cities like Lubbock or Midland/Odessa. That's what I always felt even though it is opinion and I can't exactly quantify the reasons, if I had to pick one to live in I'd give Amarillo a shot.
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