To get a burger.
On Route 66.
My husband and I headed west out of town, along the 13 miles of Route 66 that goes through Kansas, then into Oklahoma
It wasn't as overcast as it looks; I took this through the very dirty car window. |
We ate at Waylan's Ku-Ku Burger in Miami (pronounced My-AM-uhhh, in case you thought otherwise), Oklahoma, the last of a chain of 200 burger joints from the 1960s. Yes, pretty much everything is fried. Yes, it's terrible for you. Yes, it was delicious.
They don't make 'em like this anymore. |
My husband's fully loaded double hamburger on the left. My burger, plain, on the right. Don't judge me. |
I really, REALLY wanted to try one of their shakes, but I was too full. Maybe next time....
On our way out of town, we saw this restaurant. Does anyone else see a contradiction of terms here?
Had to stop and get gas before we got out of Miami. Filling up at Phillips 66 on Route 66. Coincidence? I think not.
Of course, we stopped. You think we wouldn't?
I was so engrossed in my peppermint frozen custard in a waffle cone that I didn't take any pictures. Silly me. The owner was full of information about the area, which prompted our next stop, just a little bit out of town (on the original Route 66 but now bypassed by a newer road, we never would have known about this had she not told us about it).
Spanning a small creek is a bridge, built in 1923, the only remaining James Barney Marsh-designed concrete arch "rainbow" bridge on Route 66. A newer bridge was built to replace it, but if you really, really want to drive over it (I did), you can turn off the main road and drive over it, one way only, and circle back to the highway.
Getting ready to cross the rainbow bridge. |
I'm skeered of bridges. |
See? Pretty. |
The sun was in my eyes. Didn't know until it was too late that I chopped off part of it. Dammit. |
Thirty miles or so, each way. Avoided the turnpike to get to Miami. Burgers. Frozen custard. Mater. I'd say we got our kicks.
Looks fantastic. I don't judge you for a plain burger. I don't UNDERSTAND it but I don't judge it.
ReplyDeleteCustard sounds delightful...even without a picture.
The trip looks like lots of fun...but I have no idea why you'd have an issue with a drive-through buffet...
You truly appreciate the quality of the burger when it is plain.
DeleteIt wasssss!
How would you DO that in a drive thru?
Oriental Villa, ha. We have a small chain of Italian restaurants here called The Chateau. Drives me crazy, but their food is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI would venture a guess and say the food at the Oriental Villa is NOT fantastic....
DeleteOkayyyyy, I'll take you with me next time.
ReplyDeleteFrozen custard is really rich ice cream. Since you are not a fan of ice cream I will take you to the deli just so you can talk to the woman who owns it, but I will NOT make you eat the frozen custard.
Bridges skeer me cuz there's water underneath them.
You understand that telling me not to judge feels like an invitation of sorts (Yeah, I know it's whacked). It does look pretty sad next to your husbands juicy delicious looking burger. Do they have In-n-out where you live? They are my favorite burgers. M
ReplyDeleteI once had a chef come out of the kitchen to watch me eat a plain, well done hamburger, because he didn't believe anyone could actually enjoy it like that. In LA. Where they also have In-n-Out Burgers. We have nothing of the kind here.
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