Route 66 Remembrances

 You can still drive Route 66 in many places.  It parallels Interstate 40 across the Texas Panhandle and has many museums. motels and cafes that celebrate days gone by.  Last year we stopped for the first time at the Midpoint Cafe and Bakery.   It is actually at the midpoint of the Route in Adrian, TX.

The cafe decor includes license plates from all over the US both old and new.  Last year we enjoyed looking for NC and other states.

 Since we are pulling the Teardrop this trip we thought it was right to take it to the Midpoint Cafe and Gift Shop next door and enjoy an old fashioned lunch and pie.

After lunch Terry remembered that we had with us our first license plate for the Teardrop.  We decided that  the NC Parkway trailer plate needed a spot on the wall here.  The owner asked us to sign it and hung it immediately.

It was fun for us to leave a bit of NC here in memory of my Texas friend, Gale Phipps, who told me about the Cafe.  She died about a month ago, but the love she shared for Texas lives on as a part of our life and brought a bit of NC here.

So next time you are leaving Texas on I-40 about 15 miles from the New Mexico border, look for the tiny town of Adrian.  Stop by for great sandwiches, fantastic homemade pies and look for our NC Parkway License Plate.