Mini Golf Adventures: Getaway Golf - International Course

Date of Visit: May 2, 2026

Location: Getaway Golf, Springfield, MO

Course: International

After playing the United States course at Getaway Golf, we played the International Course. This course features a variety of landmarks from around the world including the Pyramids of Giza, Leaning Tower of Pisa, and the Great Wall of China.

Hole 1 - Egyptian Pyramids

Hole 3 - Leaning Tower of Pisa

Hole 4 - Komodo Island

Hole 5 - Macchu Picchu

Hole 6 - Stonehenge

Hole 6 - Stonehenge

Hole 7 - Torii Gate

Hole 9 - Christ the Redeemer

Hole 10 - Great Wall of China

Hole 11 - Great Barrier Reef

Hole 12 - Eiffel Tower

Hole 13 - Taj Mahal

Hole 16 - Roman Colosseum

Hole 18 - Moai Statues

Final Scores

• Kjersti - 52
• Dad - 53

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Mini Golf Adventures: Getaway Golf - United States Course

Date of Visit: May 2, 2026

Location: Getaway Golf, Springfield, MO

Course: United States

While in Springfield for the Route 66 Centennial Kick Off, we took a detour from Route 66 to play some mini golf. Getaway Golf has a travel theme with a United States course and an International course. We played the United States course first.

Hole 1 - Gateway Arch

The course features a variety of landmarks in the United States including the Gateway Arch, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Mount Rushmore.

Hole 1 - Gateway Arch

Near each landmark, there is a sign with a little bit of information about it.

Dad got a hole-in-one on Hole 2.

Hole 2 - Empire State Building

Hole 4 - Golden Gate Bridge

Hole 6 - Breckenridge Ski Resort

Old Faithful near Hole 8

Hole 9 - Grand Canyon

Mount Rushmore near Hole 10

Hole 11 - Niagara Falls

Hole 14 - Nashville

Statue of Liberty near Hole 15

Hole 16 - Glacier National Park

Hole 17 - Miami, FL

Hole 18 - Las Vegas

Final Scores

• Kjersti - 44
• Dad - 43

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Our Route 66 Adventures: Springfield 66 Centennial Sculpture Series

A Century Begins Here

Date of Visit: April 28-May 1, 2026

Over the course of several days while exploring Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri, we did the Springfield 66: Sculpture Series Route digital passport to find all 16 of the statues. Once you check into enough of the statues, you can redeem for one of three pins. We ended up getting all the pins by the end of our visit.

Weathered But Not Forgotten

Into the Sunset

Preserving the Passion

Night Riders of the Mother Road

The Frisco

The Frisco

Wings of Route 66

The Buzz of the Mother Road

The Cardinal Spirit

Intersecting Journeys

Hope the High Road

Quiet Currents & City Lights

Quiet Currents & City Lights

Rerouted: From Mother Road to Motherboard

Welcome to Springfield

Game On, Springfield

Pasture Raised on the Mother Road

Pasture Raised on the Mother Road

Springfield 66: Sculpture Series Route pins

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Destination Info:

Springfield 66: Centennial Sculpture Series

Springfield, MO

Our Route 66 Adventures: Springfield Route 66 Musical Road

Date of Visit: May 2, 2026

In honor of Route 66's Centennial and the United State's 250th, Springfield, Missouri, added some rumble strips on the edge of Saint Louis St a little bit past the Queen's Gate 66 sculpture.

If you drive it at a steady 30 MPH, it plays "America the Beautiful." It took Dad a few tries to stay on it for almost the whole part as the last part is not lined up straight with the rest.

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Destination Info:

Springfield Route 66 Musical Road 

1667 E Saint Louis St

Springfield, MO 65802

Our Route 66 Adventures: Missouri Route 66 Centennial Traveling Exhibit at Gillioz Theatre

Date of Visit: May 1, 2026

The Route 66 Centennial Traveling Exhibit has a Missouri and New Mexico version on display in their respective states at various locations this year. We saw it while it was on display at the Gillioz Theatre in Springfield.

The exhibit features info about Route 66 including sites to see and its history in Missouri.

The exhibit also gave us a chance to see inside the Gillioz Theatre, which is also celebrating its centennial this year. A few days later we saw Disney Pixar's Cars here.

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Destination Info:

Route 66 Centennial Traveling Exhibit

Gillioz Theatre, Springfield, MO (Apr 30-May 2, 2026)

Crawford County Historical Society, Cuba, MO (May 3-Sep 15, 2026)

Red Cedar Inn Museum and Visitor Center, Pacific, MO (Sep 17-18. 2026)

Red Oak II, Carthage, MO (Sep 18-20, 2026)

Our Route 66 Adventures: Route 66 Birthplace Plaza

Date of Visit: May 1, 2026

The Route 66 Birthplace Plaza is one of the new things added to Springfield, Missouri for the Route 66 Centennial. The plaza is located where the Colonial Hotel once stood, which was where the telegram proposing the route be named 66 was sent. There is a plaque on the keys sculpture about the birth of Route 66.

The Plaza features "The Ghost of the Colonial Hotel" sculpture to represent the hotel that once stood at this location.

On the ground there is a mosaic map of Route 66.

The building behind the plaza has a mural.

The building across the street on Park Central E has a plaque that also commemorates the telegram that gave Route 66 its name. John T. Woodruff has an office on the 7th floor of the building. He was involved in selecting 66 as the name along with Cyrus Avery and was also the first president of the U.S. Highway 66 Association.

Across the street on Jefferson Ave is a Route 66 shield sculpture.

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Destination Info:

Route 66 Birthplace Plaza

205 S Jefferson Ave

Springfield, MO 65806