Billy Wardle Happenings

 This is a restaurant we visited while we were in Indiana.  I have looked and there is not one near Omaha.  Closest is a couple hundred miles away, Kansas City.  They brag about their fries and tater tots being cooked in beef tallow.  Their website talks about them transitioning away from seed oils.  Apparantly this is to avoid heavy processing and polyunsaturated fats.  The food tasted OK but the restaurant itself smelled of the tallow fats.   I enjoyed by grilled cheese, I wasn't in the mood for a burger.  Sheri had a burger and said it was very good.  I had a large order of tater tots and they were very good.  We all had shakes.  I had the butterfinger and it was excellent.  Most of the kids had Oreo shakes or cookies and cream.  They also had chocolate chip mint and Snickers.  It was a bit pricey with the shakes but overall a good experience.  Their first store was on Route 66 in Normal, Ill.

 There is a new dog park in downtown Kingman.  The park is just north of the Visitors Center/Route 66 Museum and by Andy Devine across from Locomotive Park.  That makes at least three public dog parks and several more commercial, like behind hotels or gas stations.    

 There are a couple old abandoned gas stations on the south side of Highway 66 between Truxton and Antares in the Hackberry area.  One was used as a gift shop, but even that appears closed.  The other as a post office. Both locations are blocked off from public access by a fence. The post office sign This is the second which served as a gift shop Then farther to the west in Hackberry there is an establishment that is still in business; but mostly is a storage area for old cars.

 Antares Point is on Route 66, to the north of the road, not much past Vista Villa heading east.  It gives a good sample of Route 66 with old cars, excellent scenery and metal art; some of which is corny. Radiator Springs PD tapestry mural of Kingman Statue Garden Looking west, mountains behind Dolan Springs smaller head Giganticus Headicus Radiator Springs Towing Baby Rattles

Keepers of the Wild is on Route 66 in Valentine, AZ.  We took the opportunity to visit Keepers of the Wild whiles family was here for Thanksgiving.  Grandpa Scoresby went home early in the morning, but he has been there before.  Miranda and Tony also have been there before; but the others hadn't.  We had a good time.   The tour focused on the big cats because it was feeding time.  The feeders seemed to follow us along on the tour.  Consequently we have some pretty good pictures. emu Quincy strawberry tiger grandbabies tiger and his ball dingo or singing dog tigers lion leopard white tiger wolf