We started this blog just before our 2008 motorcycle trip to Oregon. We will add photos and commentary from other trips as time goes on. We use a Canon EOS Rebel XS digital still camera for the pictures on the 2010 and newer entries and it takes very good pictures, when we let it. Jane does most of the photography, route planning and navigation and I do the piloting and pay the tab.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
This 66' tall stylized pop bottle complete with a straw, is located in front of Pops, a very unique convenience store in Arcadia Oklahoma. Pops is a new attraction on Rt 66 which like many of the old attractions, is designed to catch motorists attention and provide a service and a point of interest during their trip. This bottle has colored LED's inside each ring and at night they change colors, so the bottle can be lit up in several different colors.
There are three rows of gas pumps under the huge cantilevered awning in front of Pops. The front and rear walls of the store are all glass and have glass shelves from floor to ceiling which are lined with thousands of bottles of pop in various colors and flavors, in glass bottles. The side walls are brick and extend past the rear wall of the store to provide an enclosed picnic area behind the store. Inside the store is an old fashioned cafe with counter service as well as booths. Pops offers almost 600 varieties of pop from all over the world. Pops opened in 2007 and has already sold more than 1 million bottles of pop. The adjacent paved and landscaped parking lot will accommodate about 75 vehicles.
About a half mile to the east of Pops is another attraction which has been there for quite a while. It is known as the Arcadia round barn. It was originally built in the late 1880's and in the early 1990's it was refurbished for the enjoyment of Rt 66 travelers for years to come.