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Further adventures in the greater Amarillo area

This morning Mom and I took a stroll down Route 66. We enjoyed perusing a number of antique shops on 6th Street. After some exhausting shopping we met Bryan for lunch at a Route 66 fixture, Barnaby's Beanery. Yummy.

During lunch Bryan suggested that our next excursion be to the Combine City.



It appears that someone wanted to replicate Cadillac Ranch with Farm Equipment. I think mom enjoyed seeing this particular spectacle.



Since we were practically to the canyon, Mom and I continued on our way to the Palo Duro Canyon. (Bryan left to prepare for the evening's festitivies at his home - yes, the parents met that night!)
Mom and I enjoyed a tour of the base of the canyon - even explored part of a trail. Ok, enough to make it look like we were out hiking (hey, our time in the canyon was limited.) In this picture you can see the Lighthouse above Mom's head.



Along the trail Mom even stopped to identify a cactus or two. Don't get any ideas about future placements for these prickly friends, Mom!



Thanks for a fun visit to Amarillo, Mom!(And I am sorry it took me so long to post these images!)

And from the heavens

Tonight Mom, Bryan and I went to dinner at Texas Road House - not the most original of Amarillo eating establishments but tasty nonetheless.

After dinner, I drove mom to one of Stanley's other Amarillo attractions - the big giant feet. On the way to the feet we dodged a few ominous looking rain clouds. Luckily, we did not get wet. Where there are rain clouds there are bound to rainbows. We did see a double rainbow on the way to the attraction.



The real attraction that we were driving to see where these big giant feet that seem to step out of the clouds and land on this piece of ranchland for no real apparent reason. I think it is appropriate that mom had her picture taken with such giant feet as she raised two children with mambo jambo feet.

Hi Fran!

My mom is in town visiting this week. I have been coming home during lunch breaks to eat with her - and watch Bryan direct the noon show. Today's show was slated to have a vanity cam shot so that we could see Bryan. In fact, Bryan asked me to tell my mom that the wave was for her. We watched the noon show and were disappointed when the shot in the cast was so brief we could barely see Bryan.

I called Bryan shortly after the end of the cast thanked him for the shot, poked him for how brief it was and asked for a picture of the sign he had put on his monitor during the cast.

He had to do one better.


This evening he presented my mom with a DVD of a special shoot he did in the control room this afternoon. Notice the sign on the back of his monitor. (It says HI FRAN! And Sue too) Also, on the control room monitor - check out the graphic on the left hand side of the panel - it also says, "Hi Fran!"

Mom and Bryan

Mom has been in Amarillo for a full day now, so I thought it was time for her and Bryan to meet. The evening was a fairly good one, but not one that we will all soon forget.

I invited Bryan to join Mom and I for dinner at my apartment. I think Bryan was a wee bit nervous about meeting my Mom for the first time. However, I must say - I think my Mom was better prepared for their first meeting than Esther was when I met her. Mom, what venues were you recommending before you and Bryan met? ;-)

Bryan arrived at my apartment on Bryan time that evening. That's ok, I think I woke him up from a much needed nap when I called to let him know that my Mom and I were back at the apartment.

I guess he did not want to arrive empty handed to meet Mom for the first time. Bryan brought my mom a bouquet of yellow roses (and there is a story that we will all not soon forget that I cannot post here because I promised I would not - but there will come an appropriate time and place for that!) and a yellow umbrella. There was logic and very sweet sentiments to accompany both.

Introductions were made and the poking immediately began. This is a good sign, right?

More famous words have not been ommitted from a conversation since the first hearing, "Bryan, you are old! And she is not!". Don't forget that man, I am young! Teeheehee.

Of course, we only harass the ones we truly love, right? At least, that is how it goes in our family - if we didn't poke, you would know that you were not especially loved.

I made chicken fajita roll-ups for dinner that evening - and in standard Sue fashion, I managed to burn my finger something awful.

The valliant Bryan intervened with immediate first aid relief and removed the skin of an onion to place on the burn. Let me just say, onion skin - yes, it really works! I think my mom was a little impressed by the act as I saw some knowing glances from her direction that evening.

Finally, after dinner - a relieved Bryan took me to the store to purchase some actual burn cream (as the onion had done all that it could do).

The end of the evening, the end of first introductions - and all seems to be well. What will the future hold?

Mom's in town!

Yes, that's right. My mom is in town for the next 7 days. She arrived this evening and I picked her up at the airport. We enjoyed a nice low key evening. Tomorrow night she will meet Bryan - and then the fun begins!

Happy 4th!

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