Day 3 Funky Rt 66 Stops

We decided to stop in some of the more unusual places that are along Rt 66. I-40 parallels historic Rt 66 from Oklahoma City west till California, so it was no big deal hopping off and on to give us a break from the monotony of the 78 MPH straight driving. First place was the Rt 66 Museum in Clinton OK. It described how the road developed and how important it was for our country. Lots of old memorabilia like 30's license plates, old trucks, 70's flower power VW's as well as the dust bowl stories and photos. Definitely very instructional and worth the hour spent. The neat tacky gift shop got some of our vacation money.

Next unusual stop was the "Devils Snare Museum" in McClean TX, which is really a museum about barbed wire. It showed how barbed wire was made and the many different types and how important barb wire was to the cattle industry and military. I know it sounds really lame but it was very interesting and informative, plus the caretaker told us of a good place to eat in McClean (which turned out to be the only place to eat). It was packed with locals and we were real easy to spot as tourists because we were the only people with flip flops on. 

Last detour off of I-40 was the Cadillac Ranch. The 10 buried Cadillacs are angled nose down and covered with thousands of layers of spray paint. Really wish we had brought a spray can to add our marks to the graffiti.