Tuesday January 13, 2015

We left early and stopped for fuel and grabbed a quick breakfast. I guess the number 13 is the lucky(or possibly UNlucky) number of the day. Our RV site last night was #13 and the pump we used to fuel was #13 and of course today is the 13th. 

We drove 569 miles today to reach Amarillo, TX. I drove about the last 2 hours as I felt Larry needed a break. We called ahead to the Amarillo RV Ranch where we have stayed the past 2 or 3 years to reserve a site for tonight. We had them make a reservation at the Big Texan Steakhouse for 7:00 tonight for dinner. We hardly had time to get set up and change our cloths before the driver for the steak house arrived to take us for dinner. They come in a huge old cadillac with horns from a long horn stear mounted on the hood. When we got in the car, the people who are parked in front of us was also in the car. They were from Western NY and were on their way home from Los Vegas where they both have family. They were nice people and we enjoyed talking on the way to the steak house. 

We arrived and was seated right away. Ordered drinks and after looking at the menu I asked the waitress about the ribs. She said they were wonderful so I ordered ribs and Larry ordered a steak. When our meal arrived I could not believe how poor the ribs were. They were almost dry and drenched with BBQ Sauce which I'm not fond of when it is so thick and on the entire portion of ribs. Larry's steak was so rare I thought it was going to walk away! Not so sure but what we have almost run the coarse with eating here. The beauty of going there is that they pick us up and bring us back to the RV site and we do not have to take car off dolly to drive there. The first couple of times we ate there on our way through, it seemed to be very good but after our meal tonight I'm not sure I'm ready to go back. 

After we finished eating, we went out to the bar for another beer and started talking to a guy who worked there as a chef. He encouraged us to try some of the beer that is brewed inhouse. They have a micro brewery and brew about 12 different beers there. We tried samples of 4 different  beers and only one turned out to be something I could probably drink. The last two we tried were horrible!!

The weather forecast is for snow tonight. They are only calling for about an inch but an inch here is like a foot of snow at home. Last year we had about 1 1/2 inches the night we stayed and we drove on ice for 4 hours leaving so if we get snow tonight will probably stay another night.