State 5 on Route 66 – Texas. We traveled through the Texas panhandle to Amarillo. Just an hour outside of Amarillo is Palo Duro Canyon, proclaimed to be the second largest canyon behind the Grand Canyon. It has a great loop road that allows you to drive through the bottom of the canyon – plenty…
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Route 66 – National Museum
We HAD to visit the National Route 66 Museum in Elk City Oklahoma. It includes a set of tableaux’s representing each state along the route. The museum is part of a nice complex including: a Transportation Museum covering the history of the road; the Old Town museum , a town square from the early 1900’s’;…
Route 66 – Oklahoma City
While not a traditional stop on Route 66, the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum – the site of the 1995 Oklahoma city bombing – is a must do. As you enter the space, the first thing you see is a reflecting pool where the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building stood. The entrance at one…
Route 66 – Kansas and Oklahoma
States 3 and 4 on Route 66 (west bound) are Kansas and Oklahoma. The time in Kansas is short – only 13 miles – but we still had a few photo ops, like the Rainbow Bridge near Baxter Springs, and a mural in Galena. In Claremore, Oklahoma we made it to the Will Rogers Memorial…
Route 66 – Missouri
The second state heading west on Route 66 is Missouri. We crossed the Mississippi river into St. Louis, and headed straight for the Gateway Arch. The museum at the base of the arch is a well done presentation on the U.S. westward expansion. There’s also a movie that tells the story of the fabrication and…
Route 66 – More Illinois Pictures
This trip is all eight states, starting at the beginning in Chicago. Here are some more pictures from Illinois. There are several sections of older Route 66 pavement still visible along the current road. There are many restored filling stations along the route. This is the first one we came to….in Dwight, Illinois. It wasn’t…
How it All Began
For several years, both of my sons attended a summer camp near Springfield Illinois. During one of the many long drives through the endless corn fields, I noticed a sign for the town of Funks Grove. What a wonderful name…..what could be there? Finally, on the last drive to the camp with my youngest son,…
Here We Go
My first post on my new blog