Another signature day on Route 66! Stay tuned for lots of photos!
But first coffee! Route 66 is sometimes also called the Mother Road!Hard to see but a chart of distances on Route 66 from Carthage, MO!The famous Boots Motel in Carthage! Notable for its Art Deco style!One of the many town murals that we’d see today!This old timer was hiding behind the mural!Juxt outside Carthage we passed by the local Drive-In! Sadly these are the movies playing! It was only open over the weekend so we couldn’t attend a showing!The backside of the Drive-In screen!A fairly typical roadside marker on Route 66! This one in Carterville!Webb City! Another mining town along Route 66 in MO!A bit off Route 66, we found this set of Praying Hands in Webb City! Unlike others along Route 66, this one is cheering for World Peace!We found this Kneeling Miner statue in the same park as the Praying Hands! A tribute to the Webb City’s heritage!We stopped at the Joplin, MO, City Hall for their Route 66 Visitor’s Center! We met a nice woman inside who gave us lots of tips and a gift bag with lots of Joplin themed gifts! The future of Route 66 depends on what the individual towns do to support the history and encourage visitors! Joplin is very much doing its part!Small mural!One of the scavenger hunt items on Route 66 is to find giant items like this! We passed a Crayola Crayon but was hardly a giant!
Sometimes on Route 66 the state markers are more modest than we’ve seen in other places! That gold line is the state marker for Kansas! State #21!
The first sign in KS!We love signs like this! Only 1700 more miles to the Santa Monica Pier and Route 66’s end!If you love the movie Cars, this old timey gas station is the reason why!The tow truck on the right was apparently the inspiration for the movie! The others followed later!Another old timey gas station!This small store has been operating since the early 1930’s! It’s recently been purchased by a new owner hoping to keep this part of Route 66 history alive! We stopped and had a sandwich!The side door of the Old Riverton Store!Bridge from the 1920’s! Still part of Route 66!The Rainbow Bridge from a different angle!State #22! Another small mural!1505 miles to Santa Monica! Why blue whales you ask?Another giant to cross off the list!Probably from before same day delivery!Route 66 marker found just outside Tulsa!Karen and Noel! Mother and son who live in Tulsa! Good friends from our Habitat Build in Nepal! We also built with Noel in El Salvador! He’s a world class triathlete who is doing big things! He’s got an inspirational life story and someone we’ve grown fond of! Karen is a big part of that inspirational life story! Her curious nature, cheerful attitude and love for Noel are infectious! So happy to spend a bit of time with them! We had a quick dinner in Tulsa at McNellie’s Public House! Yet another brewery! They had something like 350 beers on the menu! Only a fraction on tap, but still an awesome find by E!Near sunset, we hopped back in the car and went to look for neon signs along Route 66!See the muffler man hiding behind the neon sign?There it is!
We met in San Francisco in December 2013 and were married on Valentine's Day 2016. After two years of marriage, we've decided to trade in corporate life for a global travel adventure and our continued commitment to making a positive difference in the world. Follow our adventure.
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Incredible that all of this memorabilia still exists…National treasure for sure!
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Incredible that all of this memorabilia still exists…National treasure for sure!
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I’m enjoying the picture captions. I thought I was the only one that had the blue whale bridge on my bucket list….(Aaron)
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