Gettin' Our Kicks on Route 66!

So we started kicking up dust early in the morning, and made our way on Route 66. Our only "planned" stop for the day was Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo Texas. We did end up taking a detour at the Midpoint Cafe. We were actually looking for the cafe that Oprah and Friends visited on her road trip, but we're pretty sure that wasn't the same place. We also have a theory that her road trip was a very finely edited video....one that she most likely did not participate in herself. hmmm.... Erin did get some "Route 66 Beer" (gasp!) and we got to sign the Midpoint Cafe truck.





Then back on the road. Next stop....Cadillac Ranch! We were armed and ready with 2 cans of spray paint, because Erin couldn't decide which color to get, and we were ready to leave our mark on Route 66. Leave our mark we did...we hella-tagged them there caddy's right up. (that's LA meets West Tx) We met an interesting professor from Lansing on our way out of the ranch. He gave us some tips on cool classic places to stay on Rt66 if we travel back that way. There was also an old man there gASSing up the Caddy's if you know what we mean:)! funny, gassing is spelled with the word ass in the middle, how appropriate.



(LIL' LEELEE...MELISSA'S NEW NICKNAME COURTESY OF MELANIE)

From the road, we saw the largest steel cross in the western hemisphere (impressive huh. do you feel the Holy Ghostttahh?) and the "leaning tower of who knows where?" For old times sake we swung through Shamrock Tx and found the old hotel we stayed at when we were kids.



Then we drove, and drove and drove some more. Driving long distances is somewhat difficult without cruise control. We made it from Shamrock to Tulsa where we conveniently got gas right next to a casino. We forgot to mention earlier that we had started a magnet collection to help pimp out our van. We still needed a magnet from Oklahoma, so naturally we needed to go into the casino to find one. LUCKily we won enough to purchase the overpriced magnet in the hotel gift shop. Next stop...Chad's bachelor pad in Springfield MO. We got a good dog licking and then went to bed. We got to have breakfast with chadwick the next morning, that was fun and then we headed out, because we were cutting it close to making it to NY on time. We saw the Arch and the other largest steel cross in the western hemisphere(confused)?? 7 states later and we found ourselves in Lockport NY. We found out that finding lodging was quite a bit harder than one would expect. Our budget is $50 a night and we couldn't find anything under $75 so we drove and drove until we found one guy who said he would give us the Wal-Mart special at a Red Roof Inn. We struck gold with a Cold Stone Creamery and then went to bed....wake up call 5:30am.
(THIS IS ME TRYING TO STAY AWAKE, WHILE ERIN IS...)
(SLEEPING!!!)
(AW...WE LOVE EACH OTHER <3)