Posts Tagged ‘Boots Court’
Our Favorite Pet-Friendly Roadside Motels
Once upon a time, city streets were lined with the bright and flashy neon of motel signs. The bigger and more elaborate the sign, the more likely the chance of catching the attention of the passing traveler. Sadly, many of these roadside motels and their neon signs have been left to deteriorate, met with the…
Read MoreGet Your Sniffs: Finley’s Travels on Route 66
For more than a decade, we’d dreamed of getting our kicks on Route 66. With a month set aside to follow our dreams and travel the route last fall, we couldn’t imagine taking the trip without our dog, Finley. Over the last two years, Finley has traveled more than 20,000 miles through 36 states with us,…
Read MoreJourney Like its 1949: Route 66 in Missouri & Kansas
On April 30, 1926, Route 66 was officially designated in Springfield, Missouri, establishing the town as the “Birthplace of Route 66”. Stretching from the Mississippi River, through the Ozarks, to the southeastern corner of Kansas, Route 66 covered 317 miles through Missouri, and just 13 miles through Kansas. Although the interstate was constructed over the…
Read MoreTin Sheets on 66 Pics: St. Louis, MO to Carthage, MO
From world-famous frozen custard to impressive spans of bridges to some of the coolest mid-century motels we’ve ever stayed in, Route 66 through Missouri alternately drove straight through the heart of major urban areas and slowly ambled through quiet wooded countryside, all the time maintaining much of its vintage feel. We dug through our hundreds of pics to…
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