Hi everyone,
Today we realized we’ve been to Lebanon, Cuba and Miami all
in the space of 24 hours. These are in
fact towns on route 66. As you know we
stayed in Lebanon last night, and yesterday we drove through Cuba – the town
with all the murals. Actually murals are
quite a feature on route 66. Many of the
towns have had them done on buildings which have seen better days. Sadly, many of the towns have seen better
days too. It’s quite sad seeing them
this way, and though they are trying, different businesses, museums etc, some
are succeeding while many are not.
We decided not to take the slower route66 this a.m. as we
drove from Lebanon to Springfield. We
wanted to go to the Bass Pro Shop – and oh, what a sight, this was truly the
highlight of our day. It’s HUGE – and
huge actually doesn’t describe it enough.
You walk in the main entrance to a multi storied store with
trees/animals, fish – even crocodile.
There are fish tanks, croc tanks , stuff animals. Oh, I know it sounds a bit naff, but really
it was awesome. They sell everything to
do with outdoor sports, boats, fishing paraphernalia, rods, then there’s the
hunting area with guns galore, an NRA gun museum opening in soon, there’s a
waterfall, huge fish I’ve never even seen
before floating around, turtles!
Apparently it is Missouri’s
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| The front of the Bass Pro Shop - but really this is a minute part of it |
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| after the photo i turned around and faced the bear - was quite scary |
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| The rustic interior |
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| My new friend - Moose |
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| Croc enclosure - inside the store! |
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| Fish in the aquarium - not sure what they are |
Joplin was a stop on route 66. Quite big and green, the main street lovely
with hanging baskets.
We had a bit of trouble today finding the route, and one
time was trailing another car along a gravel road – but yes this was still 66 –
however, it went on for miles and so we decided to spark up Doris the GPS and
head to the next town on a more convenient road – we wanted to go to Darryl
Starbird’s National Rod and Car Hall of Fame in Monkey Island. 1stly he doesn’t open on Tuesdays! And then we couldn’t find our way back to route
66.
Missouri had good signage for 66 mostly, Oklahoma needs to
improve! We’re also finding it difficult to relocate the signage each a.m.
after we go off route for accommodation.
Tomorrow the aim is for somewhere on the other side of
Oklahoma City. We’re very aware we have to be in Vegas by 16th
See you tomorrow
Jane and Neil
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| Gun city! this was only about 1/8th of the store of guns |
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| Kansas Route 66 beginning and below the end |
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