Behold Cadillac Ranch, 20th Century America's answer to Stonehenge and the pyramids. A monument that answers the existential question "Why?" with a definitive "Uh, just because."
Phlegmmy, Goddess of Tchotchkes, and I stopped there on the homeward leg of the vacation and got a picture of Chewie the Purse Wookie with the cars as a backdrop.
Their competitor to the north:
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carhenge
Wow, lotta new colors on the cars since I was last there.
ReplyDeleteJust to be disputatious in a friendly, bloggy sort of way, I would put Carhenge over Cadillac Ranch, as did TJ, having visited the both of them.
ReplyDelete...and what a picture-perfect day it was, yes?
ReplyDeleteI think it's possible for Carhenge and Cadillac Ranch to be equally fabulous, but for me, CR excels the other in that I've actually been there with Tam. And Chewie. [insert Wookie noises here]
It makes me wonder if Stonehenge wasn't really all a joke, like carhenge and CR. A little Druid punk the future humor...
ReplyDeleteBack in the Old Neolithinc they had a lot of rocks just layin around and developed the habit of piling them up to create monuments to dedad hereos and chiefs - which also happened to clear the fields so they could move onto farming.
ReplyDeleteBack in the Old 20th Century they had a lot of rusty Cadillacs lying around and the Grad-Students developed the habit of applying for Artistic Grants so they could pile them up - which also had the effect of clearing the full tow-lots for a fresh supply of battery-dead Chevy Volts...