Oct 30 Museum day
Today was all about the Panhandle
Prairie Historical Museum located at the West Texas A&M University in Canyon, a town south of Amarillo not far from Palo Duro
Canyon.
This is a pretty big place covering three floors and a variety of
subjects. Being associated with the university it contains a number of eclectic collections donated
by alumni. Of course there’s a lot about the history of the area but there are
also various art collections, a car museum, a CCC museum and even a textile
museum that focuses on children’s clothes. This one had a very interesting bit about
the whole boy/girl – blue/pink thing,
which at one point not so long ago was the other way around since pink is a
more active color than the calmer blue therefor more appropriate for boys.
Apparently it’s only since 1940 that girl-pink/boy-blue has been the standard.
All told I was in this place for something like 6 hours and
missed lunch!
One thing to note. Do not drive a
large rig to this museum. It's obvious that the university does not have
anywhere near adequate parking and as a consequence the residential streets for
three or four blocks to the south of the university are lined with parked cars.
There are a handful of nearby parallel parking slots reserved for museum visitors but
these are only suitable for small to mid-sized vehicles.
Oct 31 Chillin’ in Amarillo
It was a pretty lazy day in and
around Amarillo today. I wandered through a section of little shops along the original
Route 66 on the west side of downtown, hiked 5 or so miles of city park trails
and checked out the arboretum. The arboretum was pretty small and this isn’t the best
season, but was nice anyway.
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