We spent a little time exploring old alignments of Route 66 — some familiar, and some not so familiar — this weekend. Here are a few images from our adventures:
Can you identify all three of the above locations? All are on old, lesser-known alignments of Route 66 between Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
While we were out running around, we stopped for a snack at the Early Bird Cafe — a new business located in an old Texaco station in Davenport. It was very cool.
The owners are from Ecuador, but they took a 16-year detour to Connecticut before coming to Davenport last year. Here, their little boy helps decorate the back of my car.
Here is his artwork:
Spongebob, of course. Kind of a cubist representation. I like it. Too bad the rain washed it off a few hours later. Such are the perils of the medium….
Hope your weekend was good. I didn’t blog as much here as I would have liked, partly because I was busy running around, and partly because I was working on another blog. Things are starting to get interesting over in Coldwater. Click over for a visit if you feel like spending a little time in New Mexico. If you haven’t been to the Tumbleweed in a while, I’d start with the April 29 entry and work your way forward. The May 2 entry may be the best thing I’ve ever written about this character….
Emily
Red Fork Hippie 
It’s been too long since I’ve been on the old sections of the road so I can’t identify the bridges. I lived in Stroud for years though. You might want to check out this guy’s site about his epic journey from Santa Monica to Stroud for his 60th high school reunion – by bicycle.
http://bicycle2stroud.homestead.com/daily-blog.html
We used to just call that obelisk “the monument” when telling people where the party was. It was always painted in the latest graffiti style. I remember it being painted to look like and certain male appendage at one point.