Tow Mater's Happy Birthday, Cadillac Ranch

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On the off road of the most historic highway lies an iconic landmark, a piece of art that lur tourist to visit when driving through route 66; the so called Cadillac Ranch. This attraction is like a neon light sign during the 50’s grabbing the attention of young teenagers and ironically the art has neon spray paint all over it. Throughout time visitors have brought neon spray paint to add on the art establishing their name, love, symbols, thoughts, initials and much more to post on this tourist attraction. What is this “must see” piece of art you ask? Will it consists of 10 vintage 1949-62 Cadillacs buried nose first on a 13,000-acre ranch, eight miles west of Amarillo, Texas. (Blake, article 1) Its owner, Stanley Marsh 3; not the third (Ⅲ); is proud of these monument with many interpretation that has railed many sightseers and has rarely been empty of people. My interpretation of this art is my childhood, as stated in the “Happy Birthday, Cadillac Ranch” article by …show more content…
I was thrilled that I was riding on the inspiration of my favorite Pixar film Cars, which was my childhood. While growing up I collected the Car figure’s of each character in the movie and played with them. My favorite character was Tow Mater, with his silliness and “easy to make friends” vibe, he was my friend. Each mile we drove past seemed like the movie, the child within me brusted and imagined that I was apart of the film. Realistically speaking, it really felt I was apart of it. While getting older, I’ve learned that Cars wasn’t real; even though I meet Lighting Mcqueen and Tow Mater at California Adventures; but that the inspiration was. According to a Los Angeles Times article, written by Den Neil, Route 66 is the historic highway of America and in the film there were easter eggs of living references of specific cars, car parts, attractions, and people throughout the