Dallas, "The Big D". Its wealth is not based on oil, but on trade, especially of livestock, and finance. The city's image, overshadowed by the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, has recovered thanks to the construction of the international airport and the worldwide success of the TV series Dallas. Today, it is a city of sparkling skyscrapers in the flat prairie of Texas and offers barbecue and steaks, country music, rodeos in nearby Fort Worth, and cowboy clothing, but also avant-garde art in its Art District.
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Day 3 — Abilene → Amarillo
Amarillo, whose name in Spanish means yellow, is due to the color of the clayey soils when wet. It is located along Route 66 and near Palo Duro Canyon National Park. The city offers excellent Tex-Mex cuisine, thanks to the numerous cattle ranches in the area.
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Day 4 — Amarillo → Santa Fe
Continue west along Route 66 until you reach Adrian, Texas, and make a stop at the Midpoint Cafe. This is the midpoint of Route 66: from here, Chicago is 1,833 km to the east, and Los Angeles is the same distance to the west. Enter New Mexico and stop in Tucumcari to visit one of the last curiosity shops in this state, the Tee Pee Curios. It's fun not only from the outside but also inside, with all the souvenirs, t-shirts, and jewelry dedicated to Route 66. Head west and then north on Route 84, which was once part of the old Route 66 on the way to Santa Fe, while the landscape becomes desert-like and mountainous with the classic mesas (flat-topped hills).
