Last Sunday, Heather, Logan and loaded up and went down to the Tulsa State Fair and checked out the Route 66 Roadfest going on there. A celebration of all things concerning Route 66. This is the third year I have attended it and I love it.

Cars are a big part of Route 66. After all it is a highway and cars are best way to travel it.

A core part of the show are five or so sections that take the Route 66 by decades and talk about what was happening with the road and what was happening with the country.

There was a section of vintage travel trailers. These two ladies had this trailer and a bunch of associated things plus what I loved was they wore matching dresses color coordinated with the trailer. I hardly ever ask people if I can take their photo but I asked them and they seemed delighted to do so.

Our family of five in the 60’s also had a small travel trailer. We used a lot and I am sure that we saved lots of money but we were also very cramped. It was not too bad if the weather was good as you could always go outside. In bad weather though it led to lots of family togetherness. Much of it good, and some of it not so great.

Hey had metal glasses like those and a metal water pitcher. The iced water in such pitchers just seemed a lot colder than that in plastic water containers.

Everybody had these small phonographs. So nostalgic but I’ll take my Ipod with almost 6500 music tracks on it.

I love this two story travel trailer. Reportedly it has two bedrooms upstairs. What a spectacle that would be. What a nightmare pulling the thing in a strong crosswind.

My dad loved Buicks and I don’t know how many times he told me that you could tell how fancy the model was by the number holes in fender. So this was a three holer in his parlance, kind of like the Buick LeSabre. The Electra had four. We had a LeSabre when I was a kid. The first new car my parents ever bought. Dad saved money by getting it without air conditioning and then he salvaged parts from numerous cars in junkyards and built his own. It worked well but it took him months and it was kind of a complicated thing.

There were a ton of mid 1950’s Chevrolet Bel Air’s at the show. I always thought they looked cool

There were loads and loads of Ford Mustangs as well.

The 1950’s Ford Thunderbirds, in my opinion, were some of the most beautiful cars ever built. I especially like the unique colors.

I love the Land Rovers, especially the vintage models.

This was the prettiest car at the show. The Volkswagen Karman Ghia.

Next year is the centennial of Route 66. There are going to be big events all over the place including the Routefest in Tulsa.

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