Continuing with List Universe's ten stops from yesterday. Glad to say that Liz and I have been to all ten as well as the first ten listed earlier this week.
5. METEOR CRATER-- Meteor Crater, Arizona, just past Winslow. Population 2. The meteor hit 50,000 years ago and made a crater 4,000 feet wide and 570 feet deep. Went here, but found they were closing in 15 minutes so figured it wouldn't be worth the $12 or so admission.
4. EL RANCHO HOTEL-- Gallup, NM-- Built 1937 by the brother of movie producer D.W. Griffith. Many movies made in the area and stars stayed here like Marilyn Monroe, Ronald Reagan, Erroll Flynn, and Kirk Douglas. We stayed here and got to meet and talk with the owner, quite an interesting man.
3. JACK RABBIT TRADING POST-- Joseph City, Az-- You see the billboards for miles. Famous "Here it is" out front. Get you picture taken on the giant rabbit.
2. LOU MITCHELL'S RESTAURANT-- Chicago, Illinois-- Watch out for the line. Open until 2 PM. Right by Union Station and Sears Tower. Great food and definitely try the home-made toast and marmalade. Coffee puts Starbucks to shame. Watch out for Chicago 10% sales tax, though.
1. LEANING TOWER OF GROOM TEXAS-- Ralph Britten built it to attract travelers. Sure does.
And these are just a VERY FEW of the interesting things to see while getting your kicks on Route 66.
Down Da Road I Need to Be Going. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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