Yesterday we traveled across Oklahoma and into Texas, to stay at Amarillo for the night. Was a bit of a longer leg than I thought, almost 500 miles, so we saw some things but arrived too late for others (Route 66 Museum, unfortunately).
The signs of Route 66.
The largest McDonald’s in the world by square footage (something like 29,000 I think?). It actually spans I-44 in Vinita, OK like a bridge.
Apparently the largest totem pole in the world, at 900 feet tall. This man, Ed, spent around 15 or 20 years building the thing, as well as a variety of other artwork around his house and just showing it off to passerby.
We stopped for dinner at The Big Texan steak house. Their gimmick (advertised on billboards all the way from mid-Oklahoma) is a massive 72 oz. steak which, if you can eat it in under an hour, you get free. We didn’t try it, and judging by the big empty chairs next to a table with a 60-minute timer in the middle of the room, neither did anybody else who was there. It’s a very chintzy place, as you can tell by the outside. Inside, it is decorated a bit like a saloon: everything is wooden, animal heads are mounted along the balcony, and waitresses are dressed in either hoop skirts or mini-skirts, flannel shirts, and cowboy hats. The food was good, though.
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