Amarillo Texas home of the 72 ounce steak challenge and nearby Alibates National Monument. Spoiler we didn’t even attempt it.
Amarillo, Texas
Arrival to Amarillo
We quickly setup camp at the Big Texan RV Ranch and headed to the Big Texan Restaurant for an early dinner.
The Big Texan
The Steak Challenge
72 oz of steak, 1 potato, and 3 grilled shrimp must be eaten in 1 hour or you owe $72. The steak must be eaten from a table in the center of the room on a stage. The entire experience is broadcast on YouTube. Needless to say we just weren’t hungry enough to even attempt it.
Alibates National Monument
We crossed 1300 miles on our trip odometer on our way to the Flint Quarries National Monument!
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument hosts free tours of the protected site. Our boys love the Junior Ranger program.
Private Tour with Ranger Ben
13,000 years ago, this site was inhabited an ancient people who hunted wooly mammoths with the flint rocks quarried from the 1.5 square mile site.
Centuries later the rock was used as a trading currency by the Antelope people and it made it’s way all over the United States via ancient trading routes.
After completing their activity book the boys were ready to stamp their passports and earn their badges.
Now we are off to the Great Sand Dunes , Colorado!
