In the pictures below you will see the small shop where Pixar got the basis for the caricature in Cars Tow Mater, here he's called Tow Tater
After passing the cars garage I came across this great bridge heading into Galena KS along with little route 66 logos hand painted on the road as they did in the 20's before using signs.
Galena was a cute little town that takes great pride in what little of 66 they have
Once you leave Galena your pretty much in Oklahoma, and next up is the American Indian towns of Quapaw and Miami. all very quaint little towns not much hustle and bustle but I noticed quite a bit of manufacturing.
Once I got closer to Tulsa the more all the towns run together and very hard to distinguish who's who it all looks like Tulsa LOL
But this is the real stand out this is a 2 mile stretch of original untouched Route 66 from 1922 and yes if I would have read my map it told this is no place for a motorcycle. needless to say kind of on edge but it was worth it
For Oklahoma once you get to Tulsa that's kind of it for the pride they take in Route 66 and once you get near OKC its gone very little left of the road itself and its attractions the city has done nothing to preserve its history. So not much to show but Tulsa.
Texas on the other hand is even worse!!!! not even one sign unless it was for an attraction, most of 66 is under I-40 with the just a few frontage roads they call BL-40. However I did see the building that inspired the Ramones body shop in the movie cars. as well the Cadillac Ranch
So as the sun was setting and my Ghetto Pro battery was dead I saw a killer heat lighting storm all the way to Tucumcari NM. running at 75 MPH legally on I-40. it was wild been years since I saw a storm like that. But I made it safe and sound to the hotel and did a little drive around Tucumcari to see all the vintage Neon.
Well that's in for today for yesterday LOL but tonight ill be better as im in no hurry now and expect to see some good stuff today.
