Of course we could not resist a visit to an RV museum. Units date back as far as a 1921 canvas car top called a Kampkar made by Anheuser Busch and designed to fit a Model T.  Cool beginnings.  Old Airstream and Winnebago are here of course; as well as a number of lesser known names that have come and gone.  We have gotten softer over the years but they crammed a lot of niceties into these old units too.

Amarillo Museum of Art;  The big draw for me is the small Georgia O’Keefe collection. Just as we get inside what do we se see?  A sign stating that the O’Keefe works are out on loan.  Rats.  Well we are here now; let’s check it out any way.  In gallery one, we are met with swirling shapes and shadows from the suspended, lighted Mylar mobiles of Larry Bell.  Paintings of the mobiles line the walls but the mobiles themselves are much more engaging.  A three story work by Gabriel Dawe, using tightly strung colored string fills the center atrium.  We spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out how all those straight lines could result in this rainbow, curvilinear shape.

Gallery II houses a collection of miniature pastel landscapes created by C. F. Reaugh. Pieces are just 5 or 6 inches across and often use just hints of shapes and lines but convey wonderfully complete images.  It is pretty amazing.

Round out the visit with a look at what must be a permanent collection of ancient stone carvings of deities and their consorts.

No O’Keefe but still an interesting stop.

Cadillac Ranch. OK, not exactly a museum but it is a fun stop.  Check this out, a row of cars buried up to their door frames at a very specific angle (matches Cheop’s pyramid) in a sorghum field.  Besides the setting; well, and the subject matter; the unusual thing is that at this art installation you are expected to touch and leave your own mark on the work.  Empty spray paint cans scattered all around provide evidence that this is an opportunity many can not pass up.  We are without paint so maybe next time