I’m on the way to my second Jefferson Highway Association Conference. It’s in Carthage, Missouri, this year. The heart of the conference takes place on Friday and Saturday with some pre-conference welcoming activities planned for Thursday and an optional sociability run available Sunday. I will be attending the Celebration of the Life of Laurel Kane in Afton, Oklahoma, on Saturday so will miss the day’s bus tour but hope to take in some of the sights on my own. I’m getting there on US-60, coming back on US-62, and staying at Boots Court while in Carthage. Beyond that, plans are flimsy. The photo at right is of the spot south of Louisville, Kentucky, where US-60 split from US-31W (Dixie Highway) and started carrying me towards Carthage in earnest.
The journal for the trip is here. This entry is to let blog subscribers know of the trip and to provide a place for comments.
I don’t believe this is far from the old Watts Food Market which can be seen in the 1964 Bond film “Goldfinger”. As a matter of fact, Google still shows the Market but I think it is long gone.
I’m not familiar enough with Bond or the Watts Food Market to recognize what it is that’s close to the market.