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Brittany had her first football game tonight where she was cheerleading. But, disappointingly so, she asked us not to go b/c she said she would be too nervous with us watching her. We respected her wishes and stayed home. Do you know how hard that was??? We talked a/b sneaking up there and hiding and watching her, but knew if she saw us, it might mess up her performance. The next game, we will not stay home! I was able to capture this photo b/f she left for school this morning.

I have a description of this wonderful site below. I added this later. Here's the website link.

www.pops66.com/

Route 66 Roadside Attraction - Arcadia Round Barn, built in 1898 by William Odor on his farm. Restored in 1992 by Luke Robinson, community workers, and local businesses. That's my granddaughter sitting on the ledge there. Was trying to get the depth of the barn.

My granddaughter and the round barn.

This is Pops gas station - restaurant. There is nothing around this thing but corn fields, then you come upon this wild structure.

Description:

Futuristic vision rising from the pastoral Arcadian valley itself, with its native Oklahoma red rock base and steel trusses like giant tree branches.

The huge canopy cantilevers, unsupported, 100 feet to shelter vehicles and their occupants from sun, rain and snow. So big, it creates an “outdoor room,” it’s an unexpected sensation we bet you’ve never experienced -- with wildflowers and trees all around you.

Ultramodern fuel pumps and other cutting-edge amenities distinguish POPS from any other gas station on earth.

This sculptural take on a soda bottle and straw soars 66 ft. into the sky. Like a rocketship from another realm, it’s THE must-see Route 66 landmark, standing next to the space station with which it arrived.

Each night as the sun sets on Arcadia, LED lights transform it into a dazzling light show of Times Square-quality luminosity. An infinite array of colors and patterns salute the world’s greatest variety of soda pop inside.

At night, this whole place is lit up and is amazing. The lights in the bottle slowly go down from top to bottom to give the illusion of emptying.