It began with a blustery, brown spring of dust and wind. The wind turned to heat. As temperatures soared in this dry and unrelenting climate, our thoughts turned to escape. Somewhere. Anywhere. Let’s get out of here for a few days.
Let’s face it: Amarillo is a great weekend getaway for the 430,000 residents of the Texas Panhandle — it comes with the territory as the primary metro area for the surrounding 25,000 square miles — but when residents plan summer getaways and vacations, we tend to look elsewhere.
