Bottle In My Hand

"I got all I need on the highway, little bit of luck and rainbows, too. Sing a little song for the ones who ramble, hard to carry on like the way we do. Now I've had friends who've walked that line, spent life workin' for a nickel and a dime. They come home ragged at the end of their day, feet on the table not a word to say...Ain't no home just lucky, I guess."

10/26/15

Visited some old churches in Santa Fe: San Miguel Chapel and The Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi; there was a funeral going on the Basilica, so I didn't really get to see much of the inside other than through the windows. Also visited the "oldest house in America" before heading on to Roswell to search for aliens. While the De Vargas house is old, not taking in to account the Pueblo dwellings, there are some older residential buildings still standing in the US.

San Miguel Chapel

inside San Miguel Chapel

San Miguel Bell

De Vargas Street House

inside De Vargas Street House

Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi

Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi

band playing in the plaza

Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi

Starting Point: Santa Fe, NM
Ending Point: Roswell, NM
Miles Traveled: 210.1


10/27/15

Had to go on a search for aliens so I went to the International UFO Museum and Research Center. All I found were weather balloons...

Painted Horse - covered in newspaper clippings about the Roswell Incident

Painted Horse - covered in newspaper clippings about the Roswell Incident

Starting Point: Roswell, NM
Ending Point: Amarillo, TX
Miles Traveled: 219.2


10/28/15

Visited Cadillac Ranch before leaving Amarillo; not as cool as Carhenge in my opinion. Tried to hit up parts of Old Rt 66 along the way to Oklahoma City; hit pieces of it in IL, AZ, and NM in earlier parts of the trip. Along the way also stopped at Devil's Rope and Rt 66 Museum in McLean, TX and the National Rt 66 Museum in Elk City, OK.

Cadillac Ranch

so many layers of spray paint...

1928 Ford Model T

1973 Corvette and 1962 Studebaker Hawk

Apparently this is how they used to do perms...yikes!

Starting Point: Amarillo, TX
Ending Point: Oklahoma City, OK
Miles Traveled: 291


10/29/15

Visited Bricktown Brewery, the American Banjo Museum, and the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. There are a lot of beautiful old and new banjos in the museum, and interesting history about banjos (some I didn't know). The memorial and museum is well done and interesting as it takes you through the timeline of the events from April 19, 1995. It might even be a little too well done, because it actually started to upset me a little going through there hearing and seeing all the news footage and testimonials from survivors and family members of the victims. Headed on to Jacksonville to stay with a couple I met on the windjammer cruise I took back in July at the beginning of this adventure.

"Tree of Life" banjo from the 1800s

one of many banjo bands that were popular in the early 1900s

beautiful mother of pearl inlay on this 1894 Lyon & Healy Banjo

Les Paul's Banjo given to him by Gibson in 1955 - he played more than just the guitar

1928 Bacon Banjo Company

Bass Banjo - this thing was huge

taken apart for restoration

so many banjos...

L to R: 1927 Gibson Florentine, 1932 Gibson All American, & 1927 Gibson Bella Voce

The Survivor Tree at the memorial - this tree survived the 1995 OKC bombing even though it was only yards away from the blast

Starting Point: Oklahoma City, OK
Ending Point: Jacksonville, AR
Miles Traveled: 363.9


Total Miles Traveled Thus Far: 17,133.5 via car, ~ 822.5 via another vehicle, ~143.5 via boat, 17.8 via cog (train), 5.34 via aerial tram


~Elizabeth/Lizzi/ET/Country


all photos Copyright 2015 Elizabeth M. Turner