We all have our own personal rules. One of Timm's is that he NEVER asks a woman if she is pregnant unless he can see feet dangling. Well, ALMOST never. When we checked in to our hotel, the front desk clerk, Ashley, mentioned that she was pregnant. In the morning we went to get a little breakfast before hitting the road and Timm asked the girl making the coffee if everyone who worked there was expecting. She looked a little puzzled and said "No".
Now, normally my husband is a smart man, but for some reason he just kept on going. "Oh, so it's just you and Ashley?" Oops. "I'm not pregnant." Wait, it gets worse. At this point on a normal day, he would have apologized profusely and backed away slowly...not today. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard him say "You're kidding, right?" I began to panic and was ready to grab him and drag him away from what seemed to be a potentially dangerous situation. After all, the woman was standing there holding a pot of potentially scalding water, and he had just pretty much called her fat. Time to duck and cover!
Instead, a resigned look came over her face and she informed us that people had been making the same mistake with her for the past seven years. Still, it just goes to prove, we all have our personal rules for a reason, and breaking them can have embarrassing consequences.
So, we headed out into an overcast day and got back on the road. Downtown Cuba has approximately 14 murals painted on various buildings along the route. While they are fairly recent additions, they are worth checking out. Each one represents an event in the history of Cuba: the day Harry Truman gave a stump speech in town, the day Amelia Earhart performed an emergency landing and the memorial to the WW II Gold Star boys from Cuba. There are 11 others, but you'll have to see them for yourselves.
The day remained overcast with periods of rain. Never did get to take the top down on the car, but we DID get to see the World's Largest Rocking Chair in Fanning, MO. Also, did you know there are a lot of wineries in Missouri? Who would have thunk it.
Kansas was uneventful. I'm sure there are many interesting thing in Kansas, they just aren't on Old Route 66.
OOOOOOOOklahoma! There are several alignments of 66 running through OK. We opted to take the 'sidewalk' alignment, after all, it's a rental car! This alignment is basically a dirt road with an 8-foot-wide strip of old pavement running down the center. This options is NOT advised if you are driving a vehicle you care about.
The weather just wouldn't let up. Rain, rain and more rain. A brief encounter with Oklahoma's finest resulted in a warning for not using our turn signal properly. And we rolled in to Edmond, OK in time for dinner. Interurban has REALLY good fish tacos!
Heading out towards Texas in the AM. We'll let you know how it goes.
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