In March of 08 Sylvia and I traveled the back roads of Oklahoma and Kansas to gather with the Rode clan in Overland Park. Oklahoma sites included Bartlesville, where Frank Phillips started Phillips 66, and Price Tower, the only skyscraper designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright. Kansas included Coffeeville and the Tom Mix museum.
We stayed in a famous Motor Lodge built in the 1950's...which still carried old fashion charm. It is located of the historical marker designating the official intersection where the Oregon and Sante Fe trails crossed paths. I asked if they had a big easy chair in any of the rooms, and they gave us a huge suite with two recliners in the main room! Stayed 3 days...each morning I awoke expecting to be kicked out and moved to a cheaper room. The bathroom had tile the same style and color as the house I grew up in, many, many years ago.
We ate lunch at Johnny Cascone's, always great food. The image above is from my cell phone...of course I'm cutting people off! My apologies. We had bar-b-que later. We even gathered again at the Nelson Art Gallery the next day. Over the years most of us had eaten in their Roman courtyard. Later, we wandered the Impressionist gallery. Above is an image of olive trees by Van Gough.
