Category: Epic Vacation
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Day 9 – Follow the Yellow Brick Road….
So goodbye yellow brick roadWhere the dogs of society howlYou can’t plant me in your penthouseI’m going back to my plough Elton John …. For about 13 Miles. Day 9 – Carthage to Tulsa – this includes the 13 miles through Kansas, which I think are my favorite. Small but mighty! Most of the places…
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Day 8 – And Where Are We?
I feel like we’re going back in time today, as we drove from Lebanon to Carthage (yes, we’re still in Mo! We finished up the few things from Lebanon on our way out of town. They have a small Route 66 Museum in their library. They did such a good job with it! I had…
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Day 7 – Fantastic!
Well, it was Fantastic Caverns actually. It was a pretty cool little tour through the caverns We did drive by all of the sites listed in my app, but didn’t do a lot of photos. I’m not sure which is worse, these old beauties being torn down, or left to decay on their own. I…
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Day 6 – Wait, I need a Memory Card?
We started on our way to Lebanon. It was a bit overcast and rainy, but great background for some abandoned places pictures…..Yeah, you need a memory card in your camera in order to take the damn picture! I did get a few cell phone snaps – frog rock and a defunct store And we made…
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Day 5 – Only a little Neon
Well…. the big part of Day 5 was the Neon Park in St. Roberts, but that will have to hold until Day 6 since we got there too early for the neon! Check out the lighted signs on Day 6. The cool thing about these signs is that they are original to Rt 66. I…
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Day 4 – The Cutest Place
Day 4 was a short day – and good thing, the bed at the Fairfield was a little too soft and now my back hurts. We’ll be in Cuba for 2 days. We started at the Meramec Bridge. and found another sign languishing for a place that no longer exists. And moving along the route….…
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Day 3 – I like Neon!
Day 3 was another day in the St. Louis area. We started by back tracking back up to Mt. Olive to get Soulsby Service Station Followed by the Route 66 Large Chair: Yup, that’s it, a large chair. Sometimes you just have to go for the kitch. As we were driving yesterday, I saw this…
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Day 2 or How did we miss Springfield?
Yes, how did we miss Springfield?? You’ll have to keep reading 🙂 The day started out as a typical day when we travel. We got ourselves together and went to breakfast at a local diner (Tony’s Dinner in Bloomington, if you’re interested – good eggs!). And then we go to Walmart (yes, we did) because…
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Day 1 – Start and GO!
I woke early, excited to get started. It was so dark and didn’t seem to be getting any lighter. There was a good reason, it was pouring and lightening (and probably thunder, but the hotel was really soundproofed). I was dreading having to drive in that. As you can see, God was so good to…