Deep In The Panhandle Of Texas

Well, yesterday I polished off the last half of Arizona, all of New Mexico and after 8 hours of driving FINALLY ended up in Amarillo. It is so good to be back in The Lone Star State.

Tired, hungry and in desperate need of a cocktail, I quickly checked into the hotel, slugged down a couple of bourbons and headed for the Big Texan Steak Ranch. It's a panhandle institution that I had passed every other time I have either been or driven through Amarillo and this time I was determined to have dinner there.

For those of you not familiar with the Big Texan it's the home of the Free 72oz. steak, so you don't need to calculate that's 4 1/2 pounds. The place is also everything that you would expect it to be in Texas; big, gaudy, loud, obnoxious and totally overdone. Along with the restaurant they have a hotel, arcade, a horse hotel if you are traveling with horses and free limo service to and from any RV park you happen to be at. The catch is that the meal is free if you can eat it within 1 hour along with a shrimp cocktail, green salad, baked potato, and dinner rolls. Overall 37,000 people have attempted this ignorance and 6,200 have accomplished it.

I ordered a 2 pound rib eye.

Only 6 more driving hours to Dallas!!! YEEEEE HAWWWW!!!!!!!!!