Day 11 - Oklahoma City to Joplin MO - REVISED 6/12


The Big 12 NCAA Men's baseball championship was being held in OKC.  A few of the teams were in our hotel (or, perhaps we were in theirs). This is how they decorated the tables with the colors of the teams staying there.

Stopped by the Bricktown Stadium where the games were played. Didn't realize that there was a street, a plaza and a monument to Mickey Mantle my favorite player.



 

There was also Johnny Bench Plaza



















Not surprising there were murals.



We headed out of town to Joplin

State House

Acadia Oklahoma

Pop's Restaurant - Home of the world's largest soda bottle and housing more different bottles of pop than you can imagine.






Stroud, Oklahoma

Had lunch at the Rock Cafe.  When Disney was preparing for the movie Cars, the production crew and writers traveled Route 66. They stopped here and met the owner, Dawn.  She provided a wealth of information and was the inspiration for the character Sally in the movie.


Ginny outside the Rock Cafe




















Across from the Rock Cafe. Not sure what this was.



Entering Commerca OK, Mickey Mantle's boyhood home.

Bob in front of the house where Mickey grew up until age 13

Bob and the neighbor across the street, Chris

Shed next to Mick's house. The legend is there are dents from baseballs being hit into the shed


 


In front of Commerce High School - a monument in honor of the school's most famous alumnus




































Also in Commerce, Dairy King, know for their Route 66 cookies.  



















Another relic across from Dairy King     

 

Some of the roadside attractions along Route 66




 




 




 

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