This is another long car day.
Pulled out of the hotel around 9 am, but B-Dad left his credit card at a restaurant back near Kansas City, so first stop was our bank to halt the card. The littlest man threw up all over himself and the car seat about 3 blocks from the bank, so while B-Dad took care of the card, I took care of the mess. Turns out our Middle Man is also car sick. Oh, and we forgot the toiletry bag with all the toothbrushes and deodorant back in Iowa. Wish you were here! 
We crossed the Kansas-Oklahoma state border and immediately the landscape changes. Drier, less green, more rural, cattle and vast fields. We caught up with Route 66 in Edmond, OK and hit the Route 66 Museum in Clinton, OK. It was a little kitschy, but we learned a lot about the Dust Bowl and the Route 66 of the Grapes of Wrath era.
In Shamrock, Texas we found the Conoco Station / U Drop Inn. The boys immediately recognized the inspiration for Ramone’s House of Body Art from Disney-Pixar’s Cars movie. See for yourself!
See the photography section for: many old gas stations, motor courts and Britton, OK’s leaning water tower. Yup, it leans.
And you can’t be a tourist in Amarillo, TX without a stop at this audacious place – The Big Texan. Suffice to say that 3:5 of us were sick that night. We’re having fun, already!
Twilight over Texas is beautiful…
We sleep in Amarillo, Texas. But not before hitting the Wal-Mart to remedy the toiletry bag situation. By the time we sleep we are shiny and smell good. Imperative for a road trip, don’t you think?
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I didn’t know that was in Shamrock, TX! Neat-o.
Are you going to get your boys some cowboy boots?