the air conditioner works really well at the irish inn; the place we stayed in shamrock, tx.
we also increased our luck when melissa kiss a piece of the blarney stone - also at the irish inn.
we stopped at a couple of old landmarks. first, was the old lela high school built of brick in 1928 after the first school (built around 1902) burned. it closed in 1992 after the school district was annexed to the shamrock school district.
then a little further down the road in mclean, tx, we stopped and took some shots of an old phillips 66 station that's been fully restored. (at least on the outside) it was built in the 20's as the first phillips 66 station in texas.
continuing with the restored gas station theme, this is a texaco station in alanreed,tx. built by bradley kizer in 1930.
now if you look to your right, or should i say, lean to your right, we have the leaning tower of groom. yes i am holding the camera straight. the tower is leaning. that is why it is called the leaning tower. they built it that way on purpose. side note: this is where they got the idea for the "leaning tower of tires" in the movie cars.
next time we will know to bring our bug spray... paint that is. for the bug farm located in conway, tx.
yay! we made it to another state!
these stretches of route 66 have shown to be interesting...
yes, that sign is for us. and yes, we have to go through that gate and over several cattle guards. also keeping us on our toes was this new mexico underpass that the book warns *not* to attempt if it is raining.
we made it to santa rosa, nm. our experiences here were of wide range. the food at the comet II restaurant was wonderful!
and, well, let's just say the best western wasn't.
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