Sunday 10 August 2014
Springfield Route 66 Park
Our first stop is the place where Red's Giant Hamburg stand used to be. Part of Springfields festival was the opening of a new park dedicated to route 66.
http://www.springfieldmo.gov/620/College-Street-Route-66
Great Photo Op. Landscapers are still working on the park, even on a Sunday.
This mural predates the park. It has been here for years.
Tima and Stella on 66….
They posed….
We've struck Giant Hamburg!
Notta video I shot -- it predates me by a long time (I think I was in high school when It was made) but it gave me some perspective on the history of a place that is long gone...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfs-TFt96T0
Melba and the Giant Hamburg….
Stella enjoying the new park, yes we used poo bags...
Setting up for a portrait...
Suyen talking with Lena Turner
For links to our past journeys to Gay Parita:
From our December 2, 2013 trip: http://svobodakc.blogspot.com/2013/12/route-66-gay-parita-sinclair-and-red.html
Video shot in October 2012:
From Friday 2 August 2013 during the Route 66 Festival in Joplin, Missouri:
http://svobodakc.blogspot.com/2013/08/2013-international-route-66-festival.html
Pony Bridge west of Paris Springs, Missouri
Rough Start
Twin Bridges
Code Red
- 2014/08/10 Sunday 07:06
My Location:
225 E Evergreen St
Strafford, MO 65757
USA
N 37°16'28.83", W 93°6'52.03"
My Location:
225 E Evergreen St
Strafford, MO 65757
USA
N 37°16'28.83", W 93°6'52.03"
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We found a truckstop, finally, A T/A north of town. For the first time we ran the generator and attempted to use the marine tank that came with it. We have a good lock and chain and we locked it to the back bumper. We were paranoid about drawing attention to ourselves and about waking people who were in adjacent cars sleeping. In the middle of the night the generator shut down. Apparently I didn't have the spare tank set up right. I couldn't figure it out, so I went into the truck stop and bought an extra tank and filled it up. I took one last attempt at figuring out the marine tank and got it to work. I didn't want to use the fuel from T/A. The instructions on the generator are to use premium fuel only with no ethanol. There was ethanol in the T/A premium. I used the gas I bought in Melba's tank. When we got up, the MRS. was extra grumpy and let me know it. I was groused at all the way into Springfield. It seemed she didn't want to drive on 66 at all but wanted to "hurry up and get there" on the interstate. Where "there" is, I don't know, because to me, 66 is "there."
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We found a truckstop, finally, A T/A north of town. For the first time we ran the generator and attempted to use the marine tank that came with it. We have a good lock and chain and we locked it to the back bumper. We were paranoid about drawing attention to ourselves and about waking people who were in adjacent cars sleeping. In the middle of the night the generator shut down. Apparently I didn't have the spare tank set up right. I couldn't figure it out, so I went into the truck stop and bought an extra tank and filled it up. I took one last attempt at figuring out the marine tank and got it to work. I didn't want to use the fuel from T/A. The instructions on the generator are to use premium fuel only with no ethanol. There was ethanol in the T/A premium. I used the gas I bought in Melba's tank. When we got up, the MRS. was extra grumpy and let me know it. I was groused at all the way into Springfield. It seemed she didn't want to drive on 66 at all but wanted to "hurry up and get there" on the interstate. Where "there" is, I don't know, because to me, 66 is "there."
Our first stop is the place where Red's Giant Hamburg stand used to be. Part of Springfields festival was the opening of a new park dedicated to route 66.
http://www.springfieldmo.gov/620/College-Street-Route-66
or 66 on Tima and Stella...
Notta video I shot -- it predates me by a long time (I think I was in high school when It was made) but it gave me some perspective on the history of a place that is long gone...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfs-TFt96T0
On our way west to Paris Springs, Missouri
Ash Grove, Missouri
Paris Springs, Missouri
Gay Parita Sinclair
A large tour group from Australia was just wrapping up as we got here...
Suyen and the doggies by the garage...
For links to our past journeys to Gay Parita:
From our December 2, 2013 trip: http://svobodakc.blogspot.com/2013/12/route-66-gay-parita-sinclair-and-red.html
Video shot in October 2012:
From Friday 2 August 2013 during the Route 66 Festival in Joplin, Missouri:
http://svobodakc.blogspot.com/2013/08/2013-international-route-66-festival.html
Pony Bridge west of Paris Springs, Missouri
Truss bridge over Johnson Creek coming into Spencer, Missouri
Spencer, Missouri
Westbound on 66 in Missouri
Reeds, Missouri
After Gay Parita, and visiting with Gary, I guess the ideas didn't sink in. We had a huge argument which ended up in us taking a wrong turn and nearly heading for home. We got it all sorted out and decided to find a campground at a State Park in Oklahoma. Breaking Karma with the road can mean many things. Most simply it can mean going off the route. However, in the most important way, it means to lose the spirit of the route with your deeds and intentions. The spirit is hard to define as it is different for each person. The route should be fun and uplifting. During this trip we had to go off of the route to make our schedule. Unfortunately, the real world steps in. With limited time and resources that is the reality of our life. The important things are to try to make time for that which you would prioritize, and hope that you are not passing over something golden for a worthless goal. We all fall so short in so many ways. The words of Gary Turner, if you are familiar, are like the pearls of wisdom coming from a wise sage on a hill. The argument zig zagged us way off track, and maybe, sometimes, that is where you have to go to find your way.
Coming into Baxter Springs, Kansas
Miami, Oklahoma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami,_Oklahoma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami,_Oklahoma
Directions to our Camp Ground
Twin Bridges State Park, Oklahoma
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