Day 4: December 24, 2022 As Planned at Last Comment via blog

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Now that I had reached Route 66, I intended to stay there. I went to sleep thinking of breakfast at Clanton's in Vinita, OK, but fortunately checked before leaving the motel and learned they were closed December 21-27. The replacement, also right on the route, was the Freeway Cafe with some outstanding French Toast.

We road fans often shake our heads over people being totally unaware of a historic route that passes right by their front door. Not too long ago, that was even true for a few Tulsa residents and Historic Route 66 but probably not now.

At the Blue Whale of Catoosa, all the brush has been cleared from the Ark although I don't know if there are plans to restore it. The fellow standing on the whale is a Brazilian now living in Florida. He has already been to Forty-four states, is working on the remainder, and is now covering Route 66 in stages.

I have no idea what that Tin Man fronted building in Afton, OK, is but it virtually begged to have its picture taken. I'm quite familiar with the other building. It is the former Afton Station where David and Laurel Kane once had their museum and gift shop. This is the first time I've been here since it was emptied and the contents auctioned. About all that is left besides the walls are the stickers on the window but they at least include my favorite. Good advice there.

The arch, the Coleman Theater, and the Ku-Ku are all in Miami, OK, and I have photographed all of them before. The Mickey Mantle statue in Commerce, OK, is new to me.

One or two pictures of the Rainbow Bridge in Kansas is usually enough but today I felt the need to take one as I approached it, one when I was beside it, and another just before I crossed it.

These drive-by shots are all from Galena, KS. I think this is my first time photographing Gearhead Curios and only my second time at the "sheriff on a stick". I've photographed Cars on the Route numerous times.

This is exactly where I planned to be tonight although I planned to get here by a very different route. I would have liked to take a lot more pictures of the neon on the newly refurbished Boots Court but the freezing temperature pushed me inside Room #9 and Christmas music flowing from a pre-tuned radio.

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