Date of Visit: April 30, 2026
While exploring Springfield, Missouri, we stopped at the Steak 'n Shake on St. Louis St. (Route 66) for an early lunch.
This location still has the old style look. It is also different from the typical Steak 'n Shake in that it has table service. They also have some carhop spots.
See full list of Our Route 66 Adventures here and Google map here.
Date of Visit: April 30, 2026
Over the years, we have ended up at quite a few car museums because they are among the few places Mik actually asks to visit. Sometimes I find them boring because they are just cars to look at and not much info about the cars. The Route 66 Car Museum, though, had a sign with details for most, if not all, of the cars that were on display, which made it feel like a real museum and not just a car collection. However, in the end it is just one guy's car collection and he has decided to retire, so the museum is expected to close in April 2027 and the collection is to be sold off.
My favorite part of the collection was this gas pump with the lit up white crown.
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| c.1900 Springfield Wagon |
This Springfield wagon was also an interesting piece of local history in the collection.
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| 1926 Hudson Truck |
This vehicle has a connection to Route 66 in that it was originally a 1926 Super Six truck used in The Grapes of Wrath movie.
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| 1934 Ford Brewster |
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| 1934 American Bantam |
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| 1907 REO Model G |
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| Polly Gas Pump |
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| 1966 Ford Bronco |
See full list of Our Route 66 Adventures here and Google map here.
Date of Visit: May 30, 2026
Location: Liberty Brew Coffee, Conway, SC
Rating: ❤️ (Love)
This weekend's coffee outing was to Liberty Brew Coffee because we wanted to try their Salted Caramel Toffee Latte.
Mom and I had the Salted Caramel Toffee Latte hot. Mik had it iced. Dad had the Golden Hour Latte (white chocolate, raspberry, pistachio) from their May seasonal menu.
See full list of Our Koffee Trail stops here and Our Koffee Trail Google Maps list here.
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| Old location |
Date of Visit: April 30, May 1, & May 2, 2026
We stopped at the Springfield Visitor Center multiple times during our weekend exploring Route 66 in the Springfield, Missouri, area. Our first visit on April 30 was to get the stamp in the Mother Road Passport and we found out they had just moved their location to be near the square as the Springfield Route 66 Welcome Center. However, that morning access to the new location and the square was closed down due to The Today Show taping and we were able to get the stamp at the old location as some of the staff there let us in since they could not currently direct people to the new location.
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| New location |
On May 1, we stopped in at the new Springfield Route 66 Welcome Center after we had enough points in the Ozarks Coffee Trail and The Birthplace of Route 66 digital passports for stickers.
We also had enough points in the Springfield 66: Sculpture Series Route digital passport for a pin.
After we found all the Springfield 66 sculptures, we returned on May 2 to get the other two pins for the digital passport.
See full list of Our Route 66 Adventures here and Google map here.
Date of Visit: April 29, 2026
We stopped at the Boots Court Motel and more specifically their visitor center for the stamp in the Mother Road Passport.
The Boots Court Visitor Center is in a former service station next to the Boots Court Motel. It serves as the motel's front office (also did so when it was a service station) and uses the service bay area as a store with a variety of Boots Court Motel and general Route 66 themed merchandise.
Near the Visitor Center is a Route 66 Shield Statue.
The Boots Motor Court was also along the Jefferson Highway, which was a north-south route from Winnipeg, Canada, to New Orleans, LA. It pre-dates Route 66 and in this area of Missouri the two routes crossed.
The Boots Court is known for its Radio in Every Room advertising. They have modernized and now the radios in the rooms you can connect your smartphone to for playing music.
See full list of Our Route 66 Adventures here and Google map here.
Date of Visit: April 29, 2026
We had originally planned to visit Supertam on 66 on our way to Joplin, but it wasn't opened when we tried to go. On our way back to Springfield, Missouri, we found it was open.
Supertam on 66 is part ice cream shop and part Superman museum. The shop is filled with a wide variety of mostly Superman memorabilia.
There are a few other superheroes represented as well including Wonder Woman.
Of course, we had to have some ice cream. I had Apple Cider Donut. Dad had Oatmeal Cookie and Malt Amore.
See full list of Our Route 66 Adventures here and Google map here.
Date of Visit: April 29, 2026
The Praying Hand Memorial is located a little bit off of Route 66 in Webb City, Missouri. It was not on our original plan for the day, but it was recommended to us when we stopped in at the Webb City Route 66 Welcome Center.
At the start of the walkway is a mural about the Praying Hands Memorial.
Nearby there is The Kneeling Miner done by the same artist.
See full list of Our Route 66 Adventures here and Google map here.
