Traveling Route 66

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Thomas shows his enthusiasm for Hick's Bar-B-Q, which is another landmark on old route 66. It's fun to find places that were on route 66, such as this one, back in the 40's-60's era. Tommy (as we like to call him, although he objects when asked if it's OK), is our best eater. He can clear his plate as quickly as most s. Faster than mom for sure! Dad, well, he only tastes his food when the first bite gets stuck in his throat, and he takes a second bite anyway. (j/k)
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Yep, it's good to know where to go for the Ozark's finest smoked meats. I photoshopped Scotty to be in between us. He was being a turkey, standing behind my left. Can you see that his arm doesn' look right? It also looks like there is an invisible person standing next to me where he was. I didn't know what to do about his missing right arm, so I just gave him a long sleeve t-shirt for his right arm. I figured nobody would notice, but now I had to go tell you and spoil it!

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What, don't you take your dog with you when you go out to dinner? This is Missouri! Besides, she's my seeing eye-dog. If they ever ask why I have a spaniel for an eye dog, I just say "What? They gave me a SPANIEL?" Seriously, we were on our way to the Tuckers in Joplin. Padme handles the ride very well. She scored big time after this meal when Scotty didn't want to eat his ribs. In the background is a ceader woodshop that made this whole area smell great!


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Scott was timid about photos at first, but when we said he could keep the fork and knife in front of his face, he brightened up and let us take a bunch of cute pics. Scott is the kid who can make anything into anything (in his mind). He sees a fork, like anyone else, but his mind is saying "Antennae! No, sword and staff! No, surfboard and comb! (etc.)"
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