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8 hours ago, texasdago said:

Going the Amarillo ways sucks.  We normally go through Lubbock, Muleshoe, Clovis, Fort Sumner, Santa Rosa then you can either go through Las Vegas or take a detour through Santa Fe to work your way up.  Much more scenic.  Cannot overemphasize how much the Amarillo up to Raton sucks 

Yeah, while nothing on the way is exactly stunning as compared with the scenery once you get there, I can at least find something to enjoy on that route, no doubt fueled by some nostalgia.  And the worst part of the drive (Lubbock to Clovis) is at least proportionally short (if pungent).  Even Post has its charms.

When I was a kid, the other route for us was to go up 35 to FW and then 287 to Amarillo and on.  That stretch, especially from Wichita Falls to Clayton, is to me just the most depressing, soul-suckingly endless stretch of practically-Oklahoma that I would go hours out of the way to avoid it, and I'm a guy who loves road trips.

And yes, the Allsups are much more plentiful on the former route.

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15 hours ago, Damor said:

When I was a kid, the other route for us was to go up 35 to FW and then 287 to Amarillo and on.  That stretch, especially from Wichita Falls to Clayton, is to me just the most depressing, soul-suckingly endless stretch of practically-Oklahoma that I would go hours out of the way to avoid it, and I'm a guy who loves road trips.

The only time we drove that stretch, I thought, I am never ever ever going this way again.  So bad.  And like you said, once you get past the Lubbock to Clovis drive, it gets a little better and the worst parts are more broken up.  But yeah, the closer you are to the Muleshoe part of the panhandle, it smells like a dirty public restroom.

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