Thread: Kiwis on Route 66

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

As you go down 66 towards Joliet, you can see our Illinois governors mansion---Called Statesville Prison

I have another candidate or two, but just wave as you drive by and we'll leave it at that.

It would be cheaper for the taxpayers if they just made a stay at that facility a mandatory part of their exit strategy.

Originally Posted by Old Coyote

Sounds like a marvelous cruise .......... I grew up and graduated from high school in Amarillo (Tascosa High School) .......... have lived in Albuquerque and Phoenix and Scottsdale (along with Midland TX, Seattle WA, and Anchorage AK) ........... I absolutely love the Southwest, but alas, business took me to North Carolina and that is where we have had to retire ............ would love to "go back home" but just can't afford to move again

I hope y'all have a wonderful time

Thanks, I'm sure we will!

Amarillo----Big Texan Steak House---72 oz steak----lots of old cars/trucks in vacant lots

Los Angeles---now has a space shuttle museum---(See the Toyota truck adds)

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Amarillo----Big Texan Steak House---72 oz steak----lots of old cars/trucks in vacant lots

Los Angeles---now has a space shuttle museum---(See the Toyota truck adds)

That's the place that advertises 'if you can eat it in a certain time frame it's free' isn't it?
Man, I'd be way out of my depth there!
I used to laugh at my old Dad; we'd turn up around tea-time, and he'd be sitting down to one sausage, half a spud, and a spoonful of peas.
"Do you call that a meal? It's not even a snack!"
But now . . . thirty years later . . . (sigh) . . . that's about the limit for me too!

Originally Posted by johnboy

That's the place that advertises 'if you can eat it in a certain time frame it's free' isn't it?
Man, I'd be way out of my depth there!

That's the place jb! It's just a nice evening meal - Shrimp Cocktail, Baked Potato, Salad with Roll, Butter, and of course the 72 oz. Steak and they give you an entire hour to finish!! Here's the rules, in case you're up to showing the locals how it's done....
The 72oz Steak Rules | The Big Texan Steak Ranch

Its really a nice place to stop and look around--lots of other things on the menu and motels in the area (plus some old cars and trucks)

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Amarillo----Big Texan Steak House---72 oz steak----lots of old cars/trucks in vacant lots

Los Angeles---now has a space shuttle museum---(See the Toyota truck adds)

Both added . . . Thanks!

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Amarillo----Big Texan Steak House---72 oz steak----lots of old cars/trucks in vacant lots.....

Jerry,
From the "History" tab on their website, the restaurant opened in '60 on Route 66, but when I40 pushed through in the early '70's they built a new, bigger Big Texan Steak Ranch out on the new highway, moving the original big neon sign by helicopter. Just wondering, is it the new place out on the interstate that you're remembering, or the old one?

I guess its the newer one as only times I have been there are late 69( saw signs along road on moving trip from Washington DC to LAZ (don't remember it from that trip) and a number of times when we went racing in Texas plus our road trip couple years ago-------

When we go out for the CHRR at Bakersfield in October, I'm planning to do the space shuttle deal---think I'll see if they will allow me to hook my F350 to it for equal time on the bridge-----------

Johnboy, I believe the Toy Museum in Stanton is closed or at least it appeared to be last weekend. Stop and see, as it is at the exit for Meramec Caverns so its not out of the way.

Just checked the internet and it says the Toy Museum closed in 2009. But you can go to the Jesse James wax museum next door.

Thanks for that.

I'll try to upload some pics

Six more sleeps and we'll be landing in Chicago.
We're both looking forward to it . . . and to getting to meet up with some of you lot too.

We'll be en route on Route 66!

(Yeah yeah, a bad pun I know; but I couldn't resist it.)

I'd better go check my lap-top, see if it still fires up; haven't used it in a while . . .