Somewhere in Middle America

So we're staying in Lebanon, MO tonight. We just got back from an incredible barbecue dinner at a restaurant next to our hotel. Between the two of us we had half a smoked chicken and a half rack of ribs along with sides and beer. The restaurant didn't have beer on the menu, so we asked our server what kind of beer they had. He said that they didn't serve beer, but we could go to the liquor store next door and bring it in for them to serve to us. Well, I didn't feel like buying beer next door, but I did have a six pack of Black Butte Porter in the car. So I brought two bottles in and they chilled them and served them with our dinner in sneaky red tinted plastic coke cups. Sometimes the Ozarks rule! Needless to say, we left a huge tip.

Tomorrow we're planning to drive to St. Louis and go up the arch and do a little other sight seeing.

And as promised, here are some photos:

This is a view of Route 66 from the interstate. See how close it is!
This is me sitting on the Jackrabbit at the famous Jackrabbit Trading Post in Joseph City, AZ. They are well known for their cherry cider, but sadly they don't have it any more.
This is the Wig Wam Motel in Holbrook, AZ. I really, really, really wanted to stay here, but it was only 4pm and we really couldn't stop so early in the day. Oh well, maybe some other road trip.
(This text isn't a link, I don't know why it looks like one. Sorry) This is the blue whale in Catoosa, OK. It is in an old swimming hole just out of town and was built sometime in the 70's. It's officially closed, but I suspect it still gets lots of use. You can walk in the mouth and either go down one of two slides (you can see a white slide just behind the mouth) or climb a ladder up to the top of the tail and jump off.

This is me running away from the whale that's about to eat me.

Enjoy the photos and hopefully we'll post more tomorrow.
David and Abby