The Mother of The Mother Road / Route 66
Day number 7 of my cross country road trip on Route 66 . Crossed the Oklahoma state line , visited the national museum of the mother road , saw a motel Elvis stayed in and much more
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Day 1 - https://youtu.be/u8ALrsPAdo4
Day 2 - https://youtu.be/-0xxiWMdgiI
Day 3 - https://youtu.be/3DZNW02vmeY
Day 4 - https://youtu.be/CUWTKsLDvlg
Day 5 - https://youtu.be/WUj33SIlt0I
Day 6 - https://youtu.be/q6A4NYF2e_o
Transcript
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don t don don don don our journey
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started in california we ventured into
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Arizona and then New Mexico currently in
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the great state of Texas
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welcome everyone Adam is a whoo here
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date number seven of my route 66
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adventure and if all goes well I will be
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crossing over another state line just a
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little bit join me shall you but before
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departing the town of shamrock want to
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step inside the you drop in last night
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it was illuminated in neon but it was
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not open no longer an operating
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restaurant but they have the diner set
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up just as it was back in the day
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vintage photo of some lovely young
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ladies sitting here in this exact spot
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even the king of rock and roll once ate
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here and perched himself right here in
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this booth classic picture from the
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outside to the inside most of it now
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just a gift shop and over in the corner
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they have relics of the old post office
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but originally located in someone's home
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sometimes even on the front porch of the
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residence around the back was the diner
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but in the front was the gas station and
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inside here you can see just doing a
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little paperwork keeping everything in
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order keeping the business running
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smoothly rumor has it that just down the
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ways a bit at the formally named Sun and
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sands motel Elvis Presley stayed here
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talked to the desk clerk and he said it
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was room 18 that they have changed to
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118 but this is it the king of rock and
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roll slept just behind that window and
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just like that we've made it to the
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state line there's no place like
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tekzilla no other place like this place
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anywhere near this place so this must be
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the place
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that's not be committing any crimes in
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these parts or you'll end up in the old
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jail even the heater down there is
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behind bars
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and documentation of some of the
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criminals that once stayed in here over
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there it looks to be like yeah that's a
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paddy wagon Oh what are you doing no no
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looking right here boy
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slightly misty overcast day appears as
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if we're the only ones on the road
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corner of 3rd Street and Sheb Wooley
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Avenue is the Sandhills curiosity shop
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here in Eric a town of Eric more antique
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road signs than you can shake a stick at
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open for business but after checking
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locked WAMP WAMP WAMP went but will not
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stop me from looking at the glory of
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these beautiful artifacts down this
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alley around the back of the property or
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even more most of them filled with
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bullet holes
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lots of roadside history here too bad
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it's closed guess that means one day
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I'll just have to return if windmills
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are your thing you've come to the right
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place this is windmill garden that's not
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the only thing on the premises behind
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these are some classic cars just rotting
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away back here if these things could
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talk they could tell quite a few stories
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I'm certain many memories were had in
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these old clunkers first glance I would
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say this was a taxi but upon reading the
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lettering nope it was a school bus a
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family truckster Clark I found it think
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of the road trips that were had in this
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bad boy nice if you needed medical
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assistance in the city of Eric or had to
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go to the hospital this was your ride
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mr. toad got a hold of this one he's
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always looking for a wild ride and this
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is the after effect just noticing if you
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turn slightly off of route 66 there's
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another section over here that's a
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dilapidated area theyíre not allowed to
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currently go down in fact there's a sign
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saying
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road closed now the to merge this
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section has been repaved off to the
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right you can see the freeway the
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interstate runs parallel as well
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mistiness of the air provides the
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perfect ambiance for crossing this old
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school bridge yeah I was the lanes got
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very narrow back there each state has
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their own museum but there's only one
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national route 66 one here in Elk City
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State between the lines
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Florida's is difficult stay between the
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lines riding riding with having Jacob
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drive is a dangerous thing
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hey King there yet we're right there
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we're cruising or cruising cruising
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along
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in a pink Cadillac he's doing a little
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hitchhiking lucky for him there's this
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1928 Ford that's pulled over to give him
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a ride place is pretty neat it documents
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the journey all down the mother wrote
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was a cool looking mannequins cars even
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some of the iconic structures that you
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find along the thoroughfare actor Henry
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Fonda is learning his lines I don't want
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to disturb him too much but he's got his
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script right down there massive vat of
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root beer and could it be hidden Mickey
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told to follow the red brick sidewalk
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follow the red brick sidewalk follow the
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red brick sidewalk directly into this
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hospital where you can cure your
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ailments just lay down here make
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yourself comfortable let's get our
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learning on sometimes you'll see
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McGuffey readers in these old school
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houses right however I'm not seeing any
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mcguffey's excuse me sirs I'm here in
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regards to getting myself a loan
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it is incredibly brisk out here very
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very brisk Alfred Martin the funeral
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director he's waiting for someone to
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freeze to death how does this weather
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make you feel segue for chowtime at this
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former fruit market now a cafe the way
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is set up as you sit on where was the
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outside of Dorsey's that was the front
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of the building and now they've extended
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it so you're basically sitting where it
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used to be outdoors this is what we're
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dealing with I got myself a mushroom
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Swiss burger with delicious melting
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cheese I know I shouldn't be eating but
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I just couldn't pass up a good country
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fried eat after yesterday you're gonna
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consume more more steak now that I have
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a full belly back on the road adventure
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awaits
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once the interstate was built traffic
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dried up we're standing directly in the
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middle of the road and not even
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concerned with it and that is the reason
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for the demise of Lucille's she owned
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and operated this shop put her heart and
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soul and her life into this place
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self-proclaimed mother of the Mother
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Road she resided up on the second floor
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right up there laid to rest here in this
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tiny Cemetery Lucile Hammonds the mother
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of the Mother Road
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born April 13 1915 and passed away
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August 18th 2000 their EU niek
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architecture of this bridge it resembles
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the same steel pattern that usually
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covers the entire bridge but this it's
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only about probably 10 feet high on
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either side it goes on for quite a
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distance probably about a mile these are
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the real deal living breathing Buffalo
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behind barbed wire not sure why but
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they're enclosed in barbed wire gotta be
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moving on til next time in these parts
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see you later buddy
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get it get it quick before traffic comes
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whoo that was close
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that was close you get your pith helmet
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yes what happened
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it blew off my head into the middle of
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route 66 let's take it nice and slow
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twelve foot four inches is the height
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limit on this
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it's like we're traveling back in time
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the nostalgia is thick very thick that's
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