SvobodaKC: 06/01/2012

Saturday, June 30, 2012

railZEN, Thursday 28 June 2012, Kansas City, Missouri West Bottoms

Kansas City, Missouri West Bottoms, Thursday 28 June 2012

I'm embedding the day map for Thursday. Zoom in on the area around the West Bottoms to see my vantage points for train watching.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Route 66: Spring 2012

One Long Main Street

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I want to use this page as a summary of the sights and sounds and people we found on our first extensive trip on Route 66 in the southwestern US in the spring of 2012.

I put together a compilation of the videos we shot while on the trip...

The inspiration for this trip began long ago. However, more recently, some trips we made also spurred our interest in taking the route as a vacation.....

From October/November 2009, I posted...
Art on the Road, A trip to the Grand Canyon

This trip included some side trips on route 66.

In March, we planned a day trip to Joplin, Missouri, which also turned into a trip on Route 66 in Missouri, Kansas, and part of Northeast Oklahoma...

America Cannot Be Found on the Interstate

Here are the links to the Spring 2012 pages....

Journeyism

Route 66: Getting There -- Carthage, Missouri to Afton Oklahoma

Route 66: Afton to El Reno, Oklahoma

Route 66: El Reno, Oklahoma to Tucumcari, New Mexico

Route 66: Tucumcari, New Mexico to Holbrook, Arizona

Route 66: Holbrook, Arizona to Albuquerque, New Mexico

Route 66: Heading Home -- Nob Hill, Midpoint Cafe, Cadillac Ranch, Flint Hills of Kansas

Monday, June 25, 2012

Never Forget

A Small Town In Missouri Reminds US
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Has it been six years? Somehow the tragedy of the collapse of the Elks Club in downtown Clinton, Missouri, and the way the small town rallied to help out seems like it took place only last year.
I blogged about it here in 2010 when we made a hot daytrip to Clinton...

http://svobodakc.blogspot.com/2010/08/daytripping-clinton-missouri.html

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Route 66: Heading Home -- Nob Hill, Midpoint Cafe, Cadillac Ranch, Flint Hills of Kansas

The Trip Home to Visit Places Missed

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Albuquerque, New Mexico

- 2012/05/02 Wednesday 01:13

bed

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We got up to explore the neighborhood, get our walk and possibly some brunch. Thanks again to Mark and Russell for the place to stay. It was really nice and relaxing to be able to leave at our leisure. Nob Hill is a mix of old and new. The new stuff imitates the old in many cases.

https://plus.google.com/114720004424499874497/about?gl=us&hl=en

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I don't know if this is intentional, but other than the restaurant seating, this scene looks period.

http://www.kellysbrewpub.com/

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This Starbucks is in a googie building that sort of looks like a covered wagon.

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This picture Suyen wanted for our friend, Ken, who is always talking about Red Wings....

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Retro googie....

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Tima smells something she likes.

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I love the flying saucer sign on top of this coffeehouse.

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This photo by Ernst Haas was taken in 1969....

http://www.gettyimages.com/Editorial/Frontdoor/ErnstHaas

I remember seeing this photo many times in the past. This one was hanging up in a shop and the color was adjusted. Here is the original...

From this site... http://www.photographersgallery.com/photo.asp?id=224

So, I decided to try to take a current picture from the same position. I don't know if I was successful.

Things have changed.

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This is the sign for the apartment building we stayed in.

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Suyen wanted to try this place out, but they weren't open when we were hungry...

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I wanted to try this place out. We couldn't agree, so we had sandwiches at the coffeehouse.

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Sadly, this motel was torn down in June 2011

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

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I wanted to go here, but it was not open...

http://blog.bottger.com/2010/11/absolutely-neon-art-gallery-studio-on-route-66-in-albuquerque.html

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I love the sputnik lamp, but do not love the price

the lope does a great job of talking about the culture of Sputnik....

http://www.thelope.com/2007/10/sputversary.html

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Tima was allowed in the antique shop.

http://cda23.com/

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Around the corner from the antique mall, we found in the windows not one but two more sputnik lamps.

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- 2012/05/02 Wednesday 11:49
We are walking around the Nob Hill neighborhood of Albuquerque thinking about lunch. Our friends Mark and Russell let us stay in their studio aprtment which is in a converted court motel. We shall be heading back soon towards home. Suyen is contemplating a Filipino joint.

Satellite Coffee
1 (505) 256-0345
3513 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, NM 87106
http://m.google.com/u/m/dgkjoc

http://www.satcoffee.com/

- 2012/05/02 Wednesday 11:54

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We didn't get to spend too much time on Nob Hill. We will come back. It was getting late and we wanted a full day at home to rest up. So we had to leave and finally start heading east. On the way, we planned to visit some places we missed on the way out.

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http://www.octopuscarwash.com/

Suyen loved this as we passed by.

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- 2012/05/02 Wednesday 14:10

Santa Rosa Rest Area
Pee Break
My Location@13:10,5/2
Santa Rosa, NM 88435, USA
http://m.google.com/u/m/ddLuhq

No, I am not ppeing in any of these photo's, I used the indoor facility thank you very much....

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I had to walk Tima to the designated Pet Pee Pit area

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Suyen said she was really intrigued by these lonesome scenes of farmhouses or what not in the middle of nowhere.

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MidPoint Cafe

- 2012/05/02 Wednesday 16:31
Midway Point of Route 66
Interstate 40, Adrian, TX 79001
http://m.google.com/u/m/AFPg7U

http://www.midpoint66cafe.com/

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Former owner of the Midpoint Cafe and inspiration for "Flo" in the Pixar movie "Cars" Fran Houser, and new owner of the Midpoint Cafe, Dennis Purschwitz.

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Cadillac Ranch

- 2012/05/02 Wednesday 17:45
Cadillac Ranch
Potter, TX
http://m.google.com/u/m/zHASLV

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

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Normally this would be considered "deviant behavior."

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If you look really close, you will see the letters T I M A in the four cars in the background. Tima couldn't locate a can of red paint to highlight her letters right.

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