Hashtag #travvie – a quick “blog” entry on something I’ve seen or thought while on a trip…
I’ve just returned from a whirlwind trip to Texas, driving from Cheyenne east on I-80 to North Platte, Nebraska, then south on 83 to Abilene, Texas, then east on 20 to some other road such that I eventually got to Burleson, Texas, southwest of Dallas-Fort Worth. There I picked up an elderly aunt and brought her back to Cheyenne to visit my mom.
I took this route because I did not want to have to drive through Denver, or through Dallas-Fort Worth. I-80 and 83 have the perfect amount of traffic – none. Perhaps one or two cars behind or in front of me at a time…I-20 east toward Dallas-Fort Worth was a bit more busy, but still not as congested as the major highways would have been if I’d taken I-25 through Denver, there hooking up with I-70 to go east…
Long story short, if you want to drive somewhere, there are smaller, less-congested highways than the interstates that are less trying on your nerves!
Collecting Routes
My Nebraska route collection – highlighted in yellow are a previous journey to Minnesota, and this journey to Texas
I’m a collector – of experiences as well as souvenirs. A couple of years ago I decided to “collect” all my journeys in a Road Atlas. Whenever I drive anywhere, I highlight the route I took in yellow. Eventually I’d like to have yellow on every page of the atlas – for every state of the Union.
I buy a magnet for each state I visit, and when I visit an “attraction” – a museum or something, I pick up a ball cap or a t-shirt.
McDonald’s Across America
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Some time ago, I read of a guy who was travelling across country, stopping in at every McDonalds to have a cup of coffee.
Eventually I’d like to do that, too, although I’d have an ice cream sundae – coffee not being my cup of tea.
But the idea is to visit a fast-food restaurant that covers the entire country – and I think McDonalds is probably the only fast-f00d restaurant in every state, and see how it differs from others. Typically everything in a fast-food restaurant is supplied by “corporate” so food tastes the same everywhere, but there are regional differences – some McDonalds might offer a type of food in the south that they don’t offer anywhere else.
To cut a long story short, I stopped in at Weatherford, Texas, and found that McDonalds to be chock full of Western flavor.
Cowboy Ronald
Wagon driver Ronald in the play area
Cowboy statue in the dining area.
Perhaps not all McDonald’s in Texas have the same Western theme – but I do remember on a previous trip to Texas I had stopped in at a McDonald’s in Abilene and it also had a cowboy Ronald greeting guests outside the building, so I’m willing to bet quite a few of them do.
This is not an advertisement for McDonald’s per se. But if you like whimsy – or kitsch – stopping in at any fast-food restaurant while on your travels to check out their décor, to see if it has been customized for the state or city – could be fun.
