Make Your Way 6, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

The mid-section Read Jackie’s diary entry and answer the questions on the next page. 16 e countryside between St. Louis and Flagsta was amazingly spectacular. It reminded me in parts of all those cool Westerns I used to watch with my dad when I was a little girl. It was a real adventure – just how I imagined Route 66 to be. Towns like Albuquerque and Santa Fe are so great. You can really see the in uence of the native Americans and the Spanish there. I read a couple of books by this author called Tony Hillerman. He writes detective novels, but his hero is a native American. ey were perfect for the scenery. What a fantastic day – What a fantastic surprise. We were riding down the interstate just west of Amarillo when suddenly I saw the famous Cadillac Ranch by the side of the road. I shouted to Liam so that he would slow down, but he couldn’t hear me, so I kicked him, and we almost fell o the bike. Although Cadillac Ranch is one of those places you’ve seen in loads of photos, we had no idea it was on our journey. Cadillac Ranch was “built” in the mid-seventies by a group of alternative artists called “ e Ant Farm”. ey built it for they wanted to pay tribute to America’s best automobile company – Cadillac. Cadillac had changed the look of the American car industry and introduced the world to tail ns. e Ant Farm felt these ns were a symbol of modern America, and they designed their monument so as to draw attention to this feature of the cars. e plan was to drive ten Cadillacs into the ground front rst, so the back ends with the ns would be sticking up in the air. ey took their idea to Stanley March, a helium tycoon from Amarillo, as they needed someone to sponsor the project. Stanley was already a fan of the artists. He liked the idea so much that he gave them some land on his ranch to do it on. e group went out and bought ten second-hand cars, ranging from a 1949 Club Coupé to a 1963 Sedan, and weeks later their monument was nished. Despite their being considered classics today, back in the seventies you could buy these cars really cheaply. Over the years, the Ranch has been visited by thousands of tourists. One of the great things about the Ranch is that it’s truly a piece of art for the people. Anyone can take a spray can and paint whatever they like on the cars. It’s such a cool idea. In 1997, they had to move Cadillac Ranch two miles down the road since the city limits of Amarillo were expanding and threatening the old site. I must remember to tell anyone who’s planning to do a Route 66 trip to visit Cadillac Ranch. It’s such an icon of Americana that you really feel part of this country’s history – and also remind them to take a can of spray paint in case they want to leave their names or a message to the world behind. 115 5 Extensive unit 5: Route 66 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv