Nationals, Day 2 - Trip down to Nostalgia

On day 2, some of us Moms decided to take 3 cars full of girls a trip down Historic Route 66 just North of Norman. We started in Arcadia where we visited the Round Barn and ended with a yummy lunch at Pop's Diner, the best place to buy sodas of all colors and flavors. We tried to give the girls a little History lesson about Route 66, but they were not into it...I guess driving by the "Rock of Ages" etc down Route 66 meant more to us moms...

Front, left to right: Emma, Abby, Paige

2nd row, left to right: Katharine, Claire, Ashlyn

3rd row, left to right: Katie, Megan, big Katie and Lauren M.

The inside of the roof of the barn is absolutely amazing! It looks and feels like a giant basket.

On the second floor of the barn. It's beautiful, the perfect gathering or rehearsal space/ art studio, if I had one...

I took the pictures of these old machines for my sister and her husband.

Pops

left to right: Katharine, Katie C, Megan, Lauren M, Abby, Ashlyn, Emma, Katie and Claire

I rarely get excited about diners, but Pops is worth a trip, and the food is good, too. The windows are lined with soda bottles in all colors and flavors from around the country and the world. The inside of the diner is the soda lovers ultimate super store. I am not a big fan of soda, but just the colors, labels, shapes and sizes of bottles makes me happy. You feel like a part of an Andy Warhol painting! I could have spent hours just taking pictures of all the bottles, alas, we had to head back to the hotel...will sure go back there...Anita, definitely with you in fall!

I had to take a picture of the bacon flavored soda. Could there be anything grosser than that?

After the road trip, we all headed for the hotel pool. Erik came up with Lukas, Lennon and Keira Friday night for some family fun and Saltgrass Steakhouse, the pool and the casino, I mean at the competition.