Yep, that's snow all right! We were not looking forward to driving 500+ miles back to Dallas on snow covered roads! Fortunately, the storm was heading East instead of West. We ran into a lady at Breakfast who was heading to Baltimore. I felt pretty sorry for her having to drive in bad weather!
We drove steadily and without incident through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and then home to Texas. We stopped a couple of times to use the bathroom and get some drinks and snacks. Tegan Marie drove most of the way and would not accept any offers of relief from me. Here she is in the driver's seat:
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| Tegan Marie at the Helm |
Once we got to Oklahoma, we stopped at a really cool shop called "Pops Route 66", which has sodas every shade of the rainbow stacked on shelves in color order! This store is located along the famous "Route 66" as mentioned in the song written by Bobby Troup and sang by Nat King Cole in 1946. The song goes like this:
If you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way, the highway that's the best.
Get your kicks on Route 66!
The National Parks Service website says that U.S. Highway 66 -- popularly known as Route 66 or the Mother Road -- holds a special place in American consciousness and evokes images of simpler times, mom and pop businesses, and the icons of a mobile nation on the road. Their travel itinerary aids the public to visit the historic places that recall those images and experiences that are reminders of our past and evidence of the influence of the automobile.
Here's the Route 66 Symbol from the Route 66 Museum in Clinton, Oklahoma:
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| The Route 66 Symbol |
The shop has a huge soda bottle monument outside with a straw sticking out of it: Here's a picture of Tegan Marie standing by it:
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| Soda Bottle and Tegs |
Here's what we saw when we walked in the door:
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| Old Route 66 Sign and Soda Bottles |
There were shelves and shelves of different colors and flavors of soda:
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| Red, Blue and Orange Sodas on Shelves |
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| Blue Sodas |
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| Red Sodas |
When visiting the Ladies Room there, we noted that there was a trap door on the floor in one of the stalls:
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| Trap Door in the Ladies Room |
This must be a portal for non-paying customers, LOL!
We selected two six-packs of various flavored sodas and headed out to the car. Here's a picture of Tegan Marie holding the six-packs of sodas:
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| Tegan Marie with the psychedelic sodas |
There was a cool crossroads sign at the corner:
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| Route 66 Crossroads Sign |
We packed ourselves and the soda into the car and headed towards Will and Stefanie's house near Oklahoma City. Once we got there we went inside for a few minutes. Their cute little dachshund Bruce was so excited to see us! He gave Stefanie (mommy) big hugs on the couch. It was so cute!
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| Stefanie and Bruce |
Here's a nice shot of Will, Stefanie and her brother Jake:
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| Will, Stefanie and Jake |
We said our goodbyes and got back on the road to Dallas. We were very tired and it seemed to take a long time! We stopped at one of the casinos along the way to get gas and use the bathroom. They had some really pretty purses and wallets there. Tegan Marie fell in love with one of the purses, especially since it had a side pocket for a firearm. She just had to have it! Here's a picture of her new purse:
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| Tegan Marie's new purse |
We got in after midnight and stopped at McDonald's to get something light to eat. Then we went straight to bed as I had to be at work at 6:00 AM that morning.
It was a good trip home, but an exhausting one!. One this is for sure though . . .
We got our kicks on Route 66!!!
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