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 We had a rough night sleeping at the motor court. Bed very small and very soft. We got up a 5:30 am. Took showers and left at 6:10 for breakfast at a Route 66 diner down the street. Very nostalgic. Lots of memorabilia.  Breakfast was good except out of bacon. So onward we went to Tulsa Oklahoma. Stopped at a rest stop McDonald’s and quick trip type store. Very cool the McDonald’s was up stairs and you looked out and realized we were right over the highway. So our first stop in Tulsa was the Route 66 Historic village. It was closed but got pics of the tallest oil derrick, and Frisco 4500 steam engine. They also had a Red Fork Depot, but it was also closed. We tried to stop at the blue whale in catoose,. Was closed also no where to get pictures. Went to cave house closed, art museum closed. Passed many Route 66 signs, with no place to park for pics. Lots of construction passed many Route 66 signs. We ended up at the air and space museum, which was nice but kids day. Had a nice ...

 It is Tuesday morning and we are headed to Springfield Missouri, the first stop on day one. Adventure begins. Lunch at Smiths restaurant in Bolivar Mo. First impression was poor, the chicken was brought out nearly raw and they were out of baked potatoes. Frank’s pork tenderloin looked good.  Waitress said new cook. They took $5 off our meal. The jury is out til later on to see how I feel. They did cook it better on second try. So next stop Route 66 car museum. Awesome 50 or so old cars . Found out talking with the guy who took our money. The owner has sold all the cars to Mecum in Florida. Will be closed by next April. One is going to the United Kingdom and one to Westminster. Was nice to hear history The next stop we went to Bass Pro.  Huge - they have a wildlife museum, aquarium, photography museum and nascar. Took 3 hours to go through and they had a route 66 special $66 total, instead of $49 each. It was good but a little long. Now to our Motel, Rookwood Motor Court....

We left La  Quinta in Denver at 7:15. It will be a straight drive home. We expect to see rain after Hays. Stopped in Hays at a Frank pick. TKsbar & Q.All they had was a buffet, which the sign said $14.00 per person so we got water and buffet. Was a little picked over. Had small salad bar, sausage, fried chicken, twice baked potatoes, beans, corn casserole (gone) mashed potatoes and Mac and cheese. They had jello cake dessert. Was average. They brought our bill that was $44.11. Frank went up and protested.   Owner said Sundays and holidays was higher and then informed us that today was Easter, and Easter is a holiday. No signage to state that. Was the most we paid for lunch on our trip.  We paid, then Frank flamed them in a Google review.      We continued on 1-70 towards home. So we stopped at exit 252 for bathroom breaks and gasoline. Walked in to no power on the gas pumps  but we could use the bathrooms. Much to Cindy’s surprise, there was a man ...

We got up and met for our complimentary breakfast at our Hotel. Proceeded to leave Hurricane at 7:15. Was a long drive today, 620 miles. Frank and Lloyd traded off driving but was brutal through the mountains. Lots of traffic and winding roads up and down the mountains. We went through Utah on highway 15 to 1-70, we saw Delano Peak and snow from yesterday. It was in the 40’s until Colorado then dropped in the 30’s.  We stopped in Fruita for lunch at  Strayhorn Grill. Was delicious! Another good pick from Frank.  We drove through the Book of Cliffs, Fishlake National Forest,White River and we saw a dam through the mountains and lots of snow in Vail and Copper mountain. It was snowing and we saw lots of  skiers coming down the mountains.  We arrived at our La Quinta in Denver at 5:45. Got settled and Frank found Ted’s Montana Grill to go to. We once had one at the Legends, but they closed. They are known for bison meat. I had chicken, Frank, Lloyd and Cindy had sm...

 We meet at 8:30 for our complementary breakfast at our Hotel. Left at 9:15 for the park. We drove 20 miles to entrance of the park. So happy we had a park pass from last year. We saw signs that parking lots were full but continued into the park . Frank decided to drive the Zion Mount Carmel Highway since no parking spots to be found. Was beautiful scenery all the way and we went through a mile long tunnel. We then turned around and went back to find parking to take the buses up. The bus had 6 stops. We decided to go to the top, then stop on the way down. Temple of Sinawava was the top.  We walked about a half mile took some pictures of the streams.And walked back to get on the bus and discovered each stop required hiking to see anything. The men do not like to hike, so it was a BUST. So we rode the bus back down to the entrance of the park then had to get on another one to get to our car. The buses were packed. Got to stand up all the way, on the way down we found seats....

 We left our rooms at Luxor at 9 am. Guys went to checkout so I volunteered for a Starbucks run. I stood in line 25 minutes, 20 people in front of me. A nice man behind started a conversation, heard all about him and Luxor’s deterioration over the years. Guess he has been coming a lot. Was looking for Cindy and he asked who I was looking for, told him my sister and our husbands were checking out, so no more conversation after that.  We enjoyed Luxor, an older Hotel but clean and friendly. Our  rooms were in the pyramid on the 17th floor. Elevators were interesting being at a slant. Lloyd said they worked like the arch in St Louis.  We ended up stopping at Chick-fil-A for breakfast. Was good as always. Onward  to Zion, 2 hours 151 miles. Our hotel is in Hurricane Utah , a Comfort Inn. Too early to check in so we decided to head to the park. We ended up at the Kolob Canyon, it was a 20 minute drive up. We saw beautiful scenic mountains.  Headed back to Hurric...