The letter this week is “Q” and so I am featuring Lightning McQueen from the movie “Cars.”
This was taken from the Rock Cafe in Stroud, Oklahoma right on Highway 66. The boy on the right is son SuperPizzaBoy. I took the pic during a Road Trip last September.
The owner of the cafe is Dawn Welch and she was the inspiration for the character Sally Carrera in the movie.
True Confession Monday today. Mine is, I have a thing for trains. Route 66 Village in west Tulsa has just the one for me. The Frisco 4500.
Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1942. It is huge! 500,000 pounds! I found this locomotive during a geocaching expedition three years ago. It was parked in a remote area north of downtown as it was being restored by volunteers. It has since been moved to its present location for display. It is a long term project of the Sertoma Club of Tulsa. See SuperPizzaBoy? He is almost 5’11” (I can still take him though!) and is dwarfed by the wheels of the locomotive.
They also have the Murray Hill, a solarium lounge car built in 1929.
They have an oil tanker and a caboose.
And what they claim is the world’s largest oil derrick.
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Route 66 Village is a great stop on old Route 66.
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Found on Route 66 in Stroud, Oklahoma, right next to the Rock Cafe.
Signs, Signs