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The story of the Boots Court Motel in Carthage, Missouri is Route 66 gold! It opened in 1939 at what...

12 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

What a joy to visit roadside enthusiast Gary Turner's Gay Parita's Sinclair gas station in Paris Junction while we were...

12 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

We were cruising along Route 66 at a rapid pace when we slowed down for Miami (pronounced “my-am-uh”) and after...

11 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

We had just crossed into Kansas and rounded the corner coming into Galena, when we saw Mater, the tow truck...

11 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Galena, Kansas is a tiny one-horse town located on Route 66 as it cuts through a short 13 mile stretch in the corner...

11 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

It was scorching hot the day we stopped to appreciate this wonderful Route 66 roadside attraction, the Blue Whale, in Catoosa,...

10 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Incredibly, I had picked up this toy car (Sally Carrera from the movie "Cars") at a funky antique shop on...

10 October, 2014 / 2 Comments

We had a great lunch at the very historic Rock Cafe in Stroud, Oklahoma and were treated to an informal talk...

10 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

There's just nothing like the feeling of cruising the open road on Route 66 with the windows open and the...

09 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

We cruised by the massive Yukon's Best Flour plant at the end of a long day of driving Route 66 while...

09 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Author: Mary Anne Erickson