trip down 66: Some "Cars", some animals, and a whole lotta soda

(Mason) I started off today with a little fishing. The only problem was that I didn't have a fishing pole or any bait so I ended up having to rent a pole and buy some corn. The KOA had a stocked pond that they said I could use for catch and release fishing. In the time I spent there I caught 2 fish, and a turtle!! Apparently the corn and bobber combo attracts them!

After I was done with my fishing expedition it was back onto the road and onto Kansas.

The first stop we made in Kansas was at the "4 Women on the Route" gas station in Galena Kansas; home of Tow Mater, the vehicle that inspired the character Mater in the movie "Cars". After a brief history lesson about the town and Tow Mater we hit the road again.

After another few miles we came across the rainbow bridge which is this old white arch bridge that old route 66 goes through.

After that we went to the Eisner Bros. food mart for a couple sodas, and some sandwiches. Which we then left there and took them to the blue whale outside of Tulsa to eat them.

After lunch, we made our way to the Packard museum in Afton, OK. It has eight restored Packards (and some others) in a rebuilt gas station

We traded blog addresses with the owner, and after checking the cars out for a while, we hit the road again. This time we were on our way to the round barn, which was pretty cool but it wasn't open so we couldn't go in.

But we didn't let that get us down because after that we headed over to the POP'S diner, which is a 50's themed restaurant with hundreds of types of soda from around the world.

After some burgers and some awesome root beer bread pudding, we headed over to the Knight's Inn on the outskirts of Oklahoma City where we spent the night.

A few more Route 66 icons:

Bird at Ku-ku Drive-in in Miami, OK: