Sightseeing along the way
Trip Start
May 29, 2009
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Trip End
Ongoing
Tucumcari,
New Mexico,
United States
Monday, June 22, 2009
A map of Route 66
Brandon has always wanted to drive the historic Route 66 so this was the perfect opportunity for us to get a taste of what it might have been like. This particular museum featured different rooms dedicated to different decades which were accompanied by music from their era.
Trinkets from the Route 66 Museum
The 20s room was mostly trinkets, a crazy armadillo and a piece of the original road.
40s room
car in the 30s room
The 30s and 40s rooms were primarily gas stationed themed with old gas pumps, old cars and signs. The best room was the 50s room!
Brandon and Katie at the museum
It was made up to look like an old fashioned diner. We goofed off in there for quite some time. Brandon even thought he was the Fonz!
Brandon the Fonz
The 60s room was very hippie. Black lights, glow paint and a VW van.
60s room
The last room was made to look like a drive in movie theater and showed a documentary on Route 66. Apparently you can't drive the entire road anymore because some of it has been over grown by fields.
faux drive in
We got back in the car and headed into Texas. No sooner had we entered than we found another interesting museum. This one was called the "Devil's Rope Museum". It was a museum all about barbed wire. Now if your thinking, "Barbed Wire? What could there be to see?". A LOT! I've never seen so many examples of barbed wire.
tons of barbed wire
There must have been thousands of examples of different ways to form this stuff. Not to mention several different sculptures made from barbed wire as well as the different machinery used to make the fences.
barbed wire machines
Overall it was one of the most unique museums I've ever been to. Once we returned to the road we came across a rest stop that looked promising. The entire time we were in Oklahoma the rest stops were pitiful. Texas rest stops are insane. They have gorgeous views, wind turbines, playgrounds and texas shaped grills. Yes that's right, texas shaped grills.
grill at the Texas rest stop
Largest cross in the Western hemisphere
Everything is bigger in Texas I guess. Even their roadside crosses. Texas is home of the Western hemisphere's largest cross. Tonight we have settled in at the Palamino motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico.
The Palamino Motel
We will be arriving in Santa Fe tomorrow. My best friend, Elania, used to live out there and so we will be staying with her folks(who are probably the nicest people on the planet). I haven't seen them in years so I'm very excited! 
