Shamrock Travel Blogs

The Route 66 author recommended stopping at another town, Shamrock, Texas, for a photo op of the U Drop Inn, which was featured in the movie Cars. The Inn is now the Shamrock Chamber of Commerce, and as it was Sunday, it was closed, too. But being closed afforded us the opportunity to take lots…

i recently found this really funny documentary called Growin' A Beard about the annual Shamrock, Tx St. Patrick's Day Donegal beard contest that has inspired me to start planning a road trip down to the texas panhandle to display my fine hirsute leprechaun-like self. about the only rule to the contest is that you have to shave on jan 1 and show up in shamrock, texas on st. patty's day with a Donegal beard. so this is my beard growth progression.....

I flew from Washington DC to Longbeach CA then my immediate family and I piled into a minivan for a superfast attempt at crossing the US. I took pictures, most of which are from the back seat of the tinted window minivan, but some of which are through the windshield and a few are actually from times we stopped. Enjoy.

Over the border into Texas, where we stopped in Shamrock, Texas. I didn’t know where I was going here, only that I was looking for something. And the first thing off the freeway was the Shamrock Motel which had a distinctively Irish color scheme and style. So I pulled into the drive and got out t…

After the grime of Chicago, the tricky navigation of the Ozarks in Missuori and the depressing blandness of Tulsa, it was a big relief to just roll along the sheer vastness of the Texas Panhandle. Cowboy Country is truly magnificent if you're there just to look at it - You can sense the vastness an…