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"Do you feel bad that when I have a kid, he's going to take the piss out of you too?" - James Jacobs (said to Chris)
Feeling bloody awful from the amount of steak consumed; some of us were disappointed when it came to our 'morning routine offloading session', or lack there of. We showered, packed our bags and hit the road once more. Heading in the direction of Albuquerque, our first stop was just outside of Amarillo - the Cadillac Ranch. It consisted of 10 Cadillacs buried nose down in a row; Stanley Marsh placed these cars here to protest against the excessive use of oil in America. We couldn't locate any spray paint, so we just took some pictures and headed west.
Chris took the opportunity to slap a cow's arse for a LAD point. He'd set the challenge a couple of days ago; however, the fences were covered in barbed wire and the cows were protected by bulls. At the Cadillac Ranch the cows were unfenced... Game on! Here's Chris' comments on the completed challenge (video evidence included):
Chris: I approached this task as I would with everything I do. With gusto, vigour, heart, passion and above all else lots and lots of thought. This was not a normal cow, this was a wild west cow, sitting in a field with no fences and a whole bunch of other cows surrounding it, having an all-you-can-eat grassathon!!
I started with a slow approach and crouched down Solid Snake style, so as to not be detected and have support arrive from other members of the herd. I grabbed some grass just in case I had to make friends and enticed the walking steak to be calm, while I lined up a rear shot. This did not happen, as the lazy cow... see what I did there... just sat and did sweet f**k all, as I edged ever closer. I couldn't believe my luck when I was literally in touching distance and the thing didn't even flinch; I knew that it was now or never, and with my heart racing and the knowledge that I could die, I smacked its butt and did my best impression of Usain Bolt, looking back to see if I was being followed. The cow wasn't actually that bothered, just got up and stood around like a drunk. I had succeeded, gained my LAD point and survived, knowing that I was probably going to eat that cow or one of its family members someday soon... Chris 1-0 Beef! Turns out there's no such thing as the laughing cow .
We aimed to stop at Vega for brunch, and we rocked up having been warned about how extreme the food was in terms of spiciness. Upon arrival, the town's sheriff stopped us to inform us of the parade that was taking place down Main Street, which included cheerleaders throwing sweets at us, tractor racing, cowboys and the emergency services (who gave each of their vehicles their own name's and printed them). Once we'd finished being scavengers, we decided to head towards the next town for lunch, at the Midpoint Cafe - that's right, we've done half of Route 66.
After yet another unsuccessful lunch attempt, waiting for 45 minutes and still not been served, we hit the road and attempted to have lunch in New Mexico!
We pulled over in a town called Tucumcari and had some lunch at a Mexican restaurant called Del's. Enchiladas, tacos and quesadillas; couldn't ask for much more. Upon entering into New Mexico, we also went back an hour, which was brilliant as it made up for the hour wasted earlier and gave us an hour extra on the road.
Driving through New Mexico has been really enjoyable so far, as the landscape has developed from the unimpressive flat plains of Texas, to the visually impressive canyons (small ones at that) with roads that meander through them. We passed through the capital of Santa Fe heading in the direction of Albuquerque. At this point we were hit with torrential downpours, thunder and lightning, which resulted in Nick nearly taking us off the road... Obviously, we survived so no need to panic!
Towards the end of our drive we read about a saloon that would allow us to associate ourselves with cowboys and bikers, in a town called Bernalillo. Naturally, it seemed a great idea so we pulled up at a Motel 6 a town earlier than Albuquerque and finished our drive an hour earlier than normal... Result! Turns out, this saloon is more like a museum and was only open until 8pm... Epic fail!
We grabbed some dinner at a local casino full of old biddies, relaxed and ate our buffet. Once again, nothing was really happening locally so we settled for the night and watched Bad Boys 2 - boom!
Marc found these videos bloody hilarious a couple days ago; he demands you watch them:
1. 80ft Cake To The Face: http://youtu.be/9ikCwzRfIDA
2. Muscle Man Epic Fail: http://youtu.be/2qZ0iUj7kco
See y'all later x
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