Route 66

Today we drove out to Vinita, Oklahoma to look at the tiny little service center there. It's about an hour away from Bartlesville, and it's not an interesting drive. Vinita is home to the largest McDonalds in the world. It stretches across the Roy Rogers Highway, which is kinda cool. Dr. Phil was born here, it is the second oldest city in Oklahoma and the first one to get electricity. It's also best know for the old insane asylum. Apparently, at one point the patients in the asylum were the largest population in the city!

Route 66 runs through it, which is kinda cool.

We ate at a diner located on on Route 66 called Clanton's Cafe, which has been featured on the food network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. When we walked in everyone stopped and stared out at us. It's pretty obvious that they don't get too many strangers there. The first thing the waitress asked us was, "Where ya'll from?". It did have a big EAT sign, which I love.

Back in Bartlesville I noticed a cool sign at the end of the street that the service center is on and took a picture. It's like I've been in a timewarp all week.