Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 806-355-9547;
www.dhdc.org
;
1200 Streit Dr; adult/child $10/7; 9:30am-4:30pm Tue-Sat, from noon Sun;
)
Sadly you can't inhale any helium and talk like Donald Duck, but the lighter-than-air
gas that was an Amarillo industry is honored at the Don Harrington Discovery Center.
Aquariums, a planetarium and science exhibits (including a good one on birds of prey)
round out a visit.
Wildcat Bluff Nature Center
( 806-352-6007;
www.wildcatbluff.org
;
2301 N Soncy Rd; adult/child $7/2; dawn-dusk)
Stretch those
road legs at this 600-acre nature center, which has trails winding through grasslands, cot-
tonwoods and bluffs. Spy on a prairie dog town and try to spot a burrowing owl or porcu-
pine while avoiding rattlesnakes and tarantulas. The center is just northwest of town, off
TX 335.
NATURE RESERVE
RV MUSEUM
Long before today's posh gas guzzling Recreational Vehicles (RVs) hit the road, laden with every convenience
right down to the satellite dish, intrepid Americans looking for adventure had much simpler vehicles. This
mu-
seum
( 806-358-4891;
www.rvmuseum.net
; 4341 Canyon Dr, off I-27 south of town; admission free;
9am-5pm Mon-Sat) has trailers and RVs from the 1930s to the 1970s, a time when entertainment meant watching
Dad hit his head on the pint-sized door frame.
Festivals & Events
Coors Cowboy Club Ranch Rodeo
(
RODEO
early Jun)
Huge rodeo and ranch trade show.
806-378-3096;
www.coorsranchrodeo.com
;
World Championship Ranch Rodeo
( 806-374-9722;
www.wrca.org
;
early Nov)
No dudes allowed at this real-deal event that
crowns the world-champion cowboy.
RODEO
Sleeping
With the notable exception of the Big Texan Inn, most of Amarillo's motel accommoda-
tions are chains (in fact there can't be one brand missing from the endless slew along I-40.
Exits 64, 65 and 71 all have clusters.
