Date of Visit: June 22, 2025
After a long day of traveling Route 66 from Tulsa to Pops and a round of mini golf at Route 66 Bowl, we needed some dinner on our way back to Tulsa. Sonic is one of our favorite fast food places, so couldn't resist getting some shakes when we noticed the vintage neon sign at the one in Chandler.
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Date of Visit: June 22, 2025
Route 66 Bowl in Chandler was a fun stop not just for the mini golf. The parking has a wide variety of vintage gas station signs. Inside there is even more vintage signs and memorabilia on display. I also liked how the art above the lanes featured bowling themed license plates for the states on Route 66. This visit we just played a round of mini golf, but maybe next time we'll bring our bowling gear and bowl.
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| Some of the Gas Signs in Parking Lot |
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| Gas Pumps Inside |
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| Some of the Inside Signs on Display |
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| More of the Signs Inside |
Date of Visit: June 22, 2025
Location: Route 66 Bowl Putt Putt, OK
Route 66 Bowl is more than just a bowling alley and one of the other attractions there is putt putt. Since we didn't have our bowling gear, we only played putt putt, but it did make me think we should bring our bowling gear next year when we do Route 66 so we could bowl here.
The putt putt area's walls are set up to resemble a town along with having some various road signs on the walls. The most interesting hole/holes is Hole 7 and 8, which has one starting point used for two separate holes. Also, unique is there are only 17 holes total and really it might as well have be just 16 as Holes 15 and 16 seem to be exactly the same.
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| Hole 1 |
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| Hole 2 |
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| Hole 3 |
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| Hole 4 |
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| Hole 5 |
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| Hole 6 |
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| Holes 7 and 8 |
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| Holes 7 and 8 |
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| Hole 9 |
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| Hole 10 |
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| Hole 11 |
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| Hole 12 |
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| Hole 13 |
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| Hole 14 |
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| Hole 15 |
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| Hole 16 |
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| Hole 17 |
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Date of Visit: June 22, 2025
We've been by the Arcadia Round Barn many times on our trips to Pops nearby and even stopped to take pictures of it at least once, but this was the first time we managed to find it open to visit. The lower level features a gift shop and a museum with exhibits about the barn and local history. The loft was built to host dances. Outside there are a variety of old farm implements.
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| Arcadia Round Barn Loft |
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| Arcadia Round Barn |
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| Texaco Memorabilia Collection |
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Date of Visit: June 22, 2025
On our drive of Route 66 from Tulsa to Pops 66, we stopped at Rock Cafe for lunch. I was most interested in checking out Rock Cafe because I had read that their fried pickle slices inspired the dill pickle popcorn in Cars Land, which is my favorite Disney Parks food.
The Rock Cafe was one of the places Pixar visited when researching Cars and the owner inspired the character Sally. There is now a lot of Cars decor and memorabilia inside and out. We ended up in a corner booth next to what seems to be the most popular item as every few minutes it seemed someone came over to take a photo of the movie poster signed by John Lasseter.
Of course, I had to have the fried pickles, which were good fresh and also heated up the next morning for breakfast.
One of their other specialties is späetzle (german style noodles). I had enjoyed the Späetzle & Cheese and Dad had the Rock Cafe Späetzle (noodles w/ onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes).
After eating we also checked out the gift shop, which reminds me of the gift shop in Cars Land at Disney's California Adventure. We got a sticker for our Route 66 journal and a pin that is a fun addition to the Cars Land lanyard I have.
Before leaving we walked over to the park next door, which has a veteran's memorial and a Route 66 Centennial sign.
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Date of Visit: June 22, 2025
We drove Route 66 through Tulsa mostly following the 1926-1932 alignment making a few stops along the way.
We started at Tulsa's Route 66 Eastern Gateway.
Next we planned to stop at the Route 66 Interpretive Plaza, but when we got to it there was signage saying closed to public due to littering, so we did not stop there.
As we took the 1926-1932 alignment, we passed the "Route 66 Rising" sculpture that is in the middle of a roundabout.
We parked at the Whittier Square to visit Circle Cinema. We also were going to get She Brews, which we had tried the day before, but found out it was closed on Sundays, although it is confusing because it seems open with there being a church service there (also found there was one at the Circle Cinema).
We had a Tulsa Route 66 map that we had picked up at the Route 66 Road Fest that helped us navigate Route 66 in Tulsa, but there was also signage that mostly helped stay on the alignment. It only became unclear when we got to downtown Tulsa and the map was not labeled well enough and we did not notice any signs to follow.
We liked the lights of the Blue Dome District.
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| Pedestrian Bridge for Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza |
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| Cyrus Avery Memorial Bridge Alongside Current 11th Stree Bridge |
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| Avery Plaza Southwest Neon Sign Park |
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| Cities Service Station Number 8 |
We drove into the parking lot for Howard Park, but did not get out because it looked like just a grassy area. As we continued on Route 66, we realized that there were some monuments on the far side of the park near the road.
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| Goodwill Retail Store Route 66 Sign |
Our last stop on our Route 66 drive through Tulsa was at the Route 66 Historical Village.
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