Archive for April 2024
Bennett Springs State Park – Lebanon, MO
We spent our last night of travel before reaching Melissa and Mark’s farm at Bennett Springs State Park in Lebanon, MO. On the way there, we stopped at two more Route 66 roadside attractions, the Blue Whale of Canoosa and a restored gas station called Gary’s Gay Parita Sinclair Gas Station, named after the original…
Read MoreWanderfolk Spirits – Guthrie, OK
On the way to Guthrie, we saw a couple of Route 66 roadside attractions. One was the Leaning Tower of Texas, located in Groom, Texas. It’s an old water tower stuck into the ground at an odd angle. We also drove by an art deco Conoco station that looked so retro. We arrived in Guthrie,…
Read MoreRoute 66 Visitors Center – Amarillo, TX
On our way to the Route 66 Visitors Center, we stopped at the Cadillac Ranch, a Route 66 classic that features seven Cadillac’s embedded in the ground at a 45 degree angle. You are encouraged to buy spray paint that they sell on-site, and put your mark on the monument, which we did! When we…
Read MoreTown & Country RV – Roswell, NM
We drove from Deming, NM to Roswell, NM, which we expected to be a boring flat drive with nothing but desert in between. Who knew there was a 7,500 foot mountain pass between the two? We got snowed on at the top, but fortunately it didn’t accumulate on the highway, only on the surrounding terrain. …
Read MoreLesCombes Winery – Deming, AZ
We had a leisurely morning and left Ellen & Bernie’s about 8am. We drove through a rain the entire way to Deming, NM. It rained and hailed so hard at one point, we almost pulled over. We also saw an overturned SUV in the median that happened a couple of minutes before us. A not-so-gentle…
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