Steak glorious steak!

19^th September

Okay so essentially today was simply a travel day to Colorado Springs, we were leaving Oklahoma and Purdie (/cry) and we were making our way west bound, today would be the day that we covered the most ground in a westward direction so far. There is not much to say about this day. The landscape of Oklahoma and that top part of Texas are very flat and baron. I had purchased the audiobook of Stephan Fry and that was keeping us company for our drive. Paolo was driving until the first stop which was Amarillo. Amarillo is the scene for the first ever Man vs. Food episode, it is practically the basis of the show, it is the home of the 72oz steak! The Big Texan is the name of the restaurant. It is one of the most famous steak houses in the world, and its for a good reason! Im sorry to have to say this again, and once again go on about food, but I was not blessed with the literary ability to describe how good this steak was. You may wonder how a steak can differentiate from another seeing as it is the same thing really, but I have eaten at the best steak house in New York on a previous visit and this steak at the Big Texan was far beyond that, we both ordered a 18oz fillet steak each. The 18oz fillet steak was $27… $27 for 18oz of FILLET STEAK! Incredible, I had mine rare, bloody and delicious! With Texan rice, Paolo had it medium with mash and gravy which he said was incredible. Paolo’s second part of the steak was not cooked medium so he got a whole new section with an extra serving of mash. Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant! Amarillo was quite out of the way for us but I am so glad we did it, there is not very much in Amarillo at all, but I beg of you, if you ever travel through America, make this stop! Its incredible! The pictures do not do justice to the rustic feel of the place, the welcoming warmth of the place, its an experience that I am honored to have had. I wish I could give visitors to England an experience that was as genuine and satisfying.

As I said previously this was just a travel day, so the rest of the night I drove through for about 4 hours into the night, from Amarillo to Trinidad in Colorado, about 3 hours away from Colorado Springs. We went from 100f in Texas to 65f in Colorado.