50 Years of the Infamous Cadillac Ranch

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Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark, shiny and black
Open up your engines, let ’em roar
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur

Bruce Springsteen

 

It is now an American icon.  In film, books, music and art.  It’s a cosmic place!

 

It’s not really an “abandoned” place, as I normally write about, but an interesting public art installation with a bit of a rustic, sometimes lonely feel to it, accompanied by an interesting history. One of the most famous public art installations in the US sits in the middle of a large dirt lot in Amarillo, Texas. The art installation, called Cadillac Ranch, was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were part of the art collective Ant Farm. The group had decided to half-bury 10 Cadillacs, 10 different models, which ranged throughout the years 1949-1963. The cars were buried nose-first into the dirt, and showcased the evolution of the car’s tailfins over the years.

Chip Lord and Doug Michels were architects, while Marquez was an art student at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. When Ant Farm was founded, it was meant to bring a different, unique architectural practice that strayed from the normal ways of thinking about and doing architecture. It was meant to help step out of the box of corporate expectations and visions, bringing and blending strange artistic styles and odd ideas into the mix. The group had connections to numerous eccentric millionaires, including Stanley Marsh 3, an artist, businessman and philanthropist. When he was asked by the group to help fund the Cadillac Ranch project, he responded “It’s going to take me awhile to get used to the idea of the Cadillac Ranch. I’ll answer you by April Fool’s Day. It’s such an irrelevant and silly proposition that I want to give it all my time and attention so I can make a casual judgment of it.”

Spending the Weekend at Palo Duro State Park

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Readily accessible by car, motorhome, or fifth wheel and only 25 miles from downtown Amarillo and 14 miles from the Mainstreet town of Canyon, Palo Duro Canyon is the most spectacular and scenic landscape feature in the Texas Panhandle. It was formed by millions of years of water erosion by the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River and the West Texas wind.

With a descent of some 800 feet to the canyon floor and more than 16 miles of paved road, Palo Duro Canyon State Park offers fantastic scenic views, historical sites and markers, picnic tables, public restrooms and showers, miles and miles of hiking and biking trails, horseback riding, a souvenir shop with grill, and a variety of camping & parking areas suitable for day trips, overnight tent camping, or extended stays in the largest of campers and motorhomes.

HVAC Can’t Keep Up, This Could Be Why

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Your blower wheel and the motor attached helps move large amounts of cool or warm air into your home.  But, if the blower wheel and motor get clogged with dirt and grease it slows the whole system down, which in return blows less air into your home.  Any dirt or substance on your wheel or motor will make it work even harder.  This wheel is a delicate and balanced part and when it gets weighed down with foreign substances it just can’t do its job. In some cases if the wheel and motor are contain lots of containtaments, your system might not work at all.

There are some things you can do to help prevent this.

1-Change air filters regularly.  I know, we tell you this all the time, but its just that important.

2-Regular maintenance.  Twice a year you should call Adam’s Air and have us before winter and mid to late spring, to check your system to see if it is ready for the up and coming weather changes.

How Dirty and Clogged Filters will Destroy Your HVAC!

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Dirty and clogged air filters will destroy your HVAC system. They will not only waste money on energy costs, but they will cause damage (sometimes irreparable damage!) to your HVAC system. Here are some ways a dirty or clogged air filter impacts your heating and cooling system.

  1. A dirty air filter is the #1 reason for HVAC system failure. A dirty filter restricts the air flow into your HVAC systems air handler. This restricted air flow places additional strain on the air handler fan motor and could, over time, burn out the motor and cause your system to overheat and ultimately fail. Filter replacement is a small price to pay to extend to life of one of the biggest financial investments in your home.
  2. A dirty air filter makes your fan motor work harder and consume more energy. One of the easiest and quickest ways to reduce your energy bill is to replace your air filter.
  3. A dirty air filter makes your heating and air-conditioning systems and your ducts get dirty faster. This can lead to costly HVAC cleaning expenses or a need to replace your HVAC unit or HVAC components sooner than you expected.

Best Whole House Purifier, from Air Oasis!

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We wanted Air Oasis to actually talk about the Nano 9 Air Purifier in their own worlds, so here you go.

Whole House Air Purifier                                                                                                                                                                             

This air purifier provides clean air and surfaces for your whole house or office with one purifier.

Installed into your HVAC system, the filterless nano Induct™ remains out of sight while producing off the charts results.

Ions distributed through your HVAC system circulate throughout your entire home, clearing air and surfaces of unwanted contaminants such as allergies, odors, bacteria, viruses, and VOCs.  There are no filters to replace or maintenance to perform for two years. After two years of use the AHPCO™ cell is easily replaced in just minutes.

Best Whole House Air Purifier

Details matter and the nano Induct™ whole house air purifier is crafted to the finest detail to ensure results.

We respect that any advanced PCO technology requires the best materials and thoughtful design to endure the continual on/off cycles of an HVAC system.

Side-by-side competitive testing shows the nano Induct whole house air purifier has considerably lower failure rates due to on/off cycling. Warranty claims are negligible, and our bulbs have been cycle tested to last well beyond the warranty period. Perhaps we should thank our all-American supply chain partners.

Most importantly, our proprietary nano AHCPO™ catalyst produces a variety of redundant ions that last longer and are more effective at deactivating unwanted contaminants including allergies, odors, bacteria, viruses, and VOCs.

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Whole house air purifiers that have been engineered to effectively and safely result in clean air and surfaces.

This air purifier is uniquely engineered with the following features: auto shut-off and self-protecting ballast for protection in hot attics, double the typical UV bulb protection to extend bulb life, proprietary rotational UV shield to protect HVAC systems, and long-life catalyst coating for balanced ion output with maximum effectiveness.

This product is ETL listed to UL867 safety standards and it meets all regulatory requirements.

This whole house air purifier has been lab tested up to 99% effectiveness against allergies, mold, bacteria, viruses, smoke, and formaldehyde.