First stop on Route 66: Carthage, MO

We made it almost through Oklahoma yesterday. Slept through a giant lightning storm in the car, got eaten by mosquitoes.

Yesterday we visited Will Rogers birthplace in Claremore, Oklahoma. He is my new hero and his museum in outstanding.

Now it's 10 a.m. and I am sucking down Cokes at some McDonald's because Ricky kept waking me up last night because he thought he heard a coyote.

Anyway, onward and upward.






What I have learned so far:
1. Always keep the ice in the cooler
2. AAA is useless. Maps tell you everything you need to know.
3. Will Rogers died in Alaska
4. Highways are rarely patroled
5. Just because it says "Route 66 landmark" does not make it so!