Friday 19 October 2012: Route 66, Kansas and Oklahoma to Stroud.

Route 66 Slideshow

http://www.flickr.com//photos/ohnoitsstevo/sets/72157631809639403/show/

Friday, October 19, 2012 10:14:21

We were supposed to be down the road by now.  Still in Kansas City.

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Money to pay Ken for the gas and looking after our cats.

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Heading back home, instead of out.

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This will be the last sight we see of the house for over two weeks.  Believe it or not, I spent yesterday mowing up the leaves.

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We are FINALLY making it down the road.

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635 traffic jam...

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Heading southbound in Kansas on US 69.

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The clouds finally part, and the weather is going from cool and clammy to pleasant and partly cloudy.

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We have finally made it to the Route.

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St Line Convenience

1 (417) 627-0872

1117 State Line Road, Joplin, MO 64804

http://m.google.com/u/m/xWL2Xa

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Our official jumping off point for our Route 66 pilgrimage is this convenience store at State Line Road and US route 66 in Joplin, Missouri.  Across the street is the state of Kansas.

After much delay we begin our journey.

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We drove about a block north from the convenience store on state line to pick up the old alignment of route 66 coming into Galena, Kansas.  Our first stop will be 4 Women on the Route.

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US 66 and North Main Street, Galena, Kansas.

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4 Women On the Route 1 (620) 783-1366 119 North Main Street, Galena, KS 66739 http://m.google.com/u/m/zwRf9I

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Here but they look closed.  It turns out they were open, and what a treat we had.  Melba had to go to the doctor for an appointment, but she made time for us and other tourists.  The area had tons of people out with their cameras taking pictures.  Melba says she is called 'the mouth.'  She proved that to us.  Even though she had an urgent appointment, she made time for all of us who were in her shop.

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"Tow Tater" at 4 Women on the Route.

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Main Street looking south in Galena Kansas from 1st Street.

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South of the intersection of US 66, North Main Street becomes south Main Street.  This is an older alignment.  The new alignment comes straight out of US 66 in Joplin.  We rejoin that alignment at east/west 7th street.  Again, US 66 is the dividing line between east and west, north and south.

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We turn on West 7th Street in Galena, Kansas.  US 66 takes us to Riverton, and Baxter Springs.  There is only about 10 miles of US 66 in Kansas.

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We cross over the Rainbow Bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(Kansas)

Friday, October 19, 2012 14:29:01

You can still drive across the bridge, and for the first time, we did.

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Friday, October 19, 2012 14:35:08
Baxter Springs, Kansas.   On our first foray down route 66 in March, we stopped in the Phillips 66 station, which is now a museum/gift shop/visitors center.  The woman in there was so nice and helpful that she convince my wife that we need to do more of this Route 66 thing.  Her hospitality has made 66ers of us.
Here is my blog post from March 17, 2012....
http://svobodakc.blogspot.com/2012/03/america-cannot-be-found-on-interstate.html

Friday, October 19, 2012 14:35:12
Since we stopped there one time before, and we want to see places we haven't seen before, we passed by the visitors center.  Unfortunately, it seems that bypassing anything on Route 66 gives you bad karma.  Bypass sparingly and only when necessary.

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When you pass through Baxter Springs, at the south end of the city limits you cross right into Oklahoma.  Here the roads official name is US 69.

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http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=gfrdkrxtumgbxihz
I tried in the beginning to make log notes as I went, but it was way too much for me...

We met Melba at 4 women on the route who talked our ear off.  What agreat way to start.  I got vid and hope the audio turned out ok.  We are in Oklahoma now at a roadside sign that says Indian territory.  We had to rush through KS as we are behind schedule.

Friday, October 19, 2012 14:46:25

Oklahoma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma

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We pass first through Quapaw, Oklahoma.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quapaw,_Oklahoma
Quapaw is south of Pitcher, Oklahoma, which is pretty much a ghost town
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picher,_Oklahoma

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After Quapaw, comes Commerce, Oklahoma.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce,_Oklahoma
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In Commerce, you make a right hand turn off of US 69 onto Commerce Street, which takes you through the main Business District.

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At the intersection of Commerce and Main Streets in Commerce, you are met with a quaint looking Dairy King shop.
http://www.whitepages.com/business/dairy-king-commerce-ok
Across the street is a Conoco Station.

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Commerce Oklahoma

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Afton Station
1 (918) 257-4044
12 Southwest 1st Street, Afton, OK 74331
http://m.google.com/u/m/wZmR7a

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Closed.  We got here too late.

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Blue Whale of Catoosa
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=gniiojdzmdenamoc

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QuikTrip
1 (918) 266-7218
18 S 193rd E Ave, Tulsa, OK 74108
http://m.google.com/u/m/wxpNvM

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Best Western Stroud Motor Lodge
1 (918) 968-9515
1200 North 8th Avenue, Stroud, OK 74079
http://m.google.com/u/m/xeEh4J

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- 2012/10/19 Friday 23:41

Settled in the room

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