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Off to the Hillbilly tour in Rolla, MO

Looking forward to meeting old friends and meeting new ones

Scott

Better have another cup of coffee first Scott, it's in Rolla.

Oh, yeah!!
Haha

I fixed the header

Neat wheels.

First stop at. The Frisco 1501 display

Thanks Herb!!
I’ve had many comments on them.
Everyone likes them.
You should have kept them

Double post

A nice day for driving the local area here in Rolla today. I had to make a quick trip east on Hwy 44 to pick up some chrome plating I had done and spent about 2.5 hrs and 60 miles doing so. I got back in time to meet up at the local Lions park for pictures, and a great meal that the Chamber of Commerce had for us tonight. There is a chance of rain tonight so everyone headed back to tuck the cars in for the night and get ready for our trip to Salem, Mo tomorrow.

First stop today in Licking, MO

Looks like fun. Keep the photos coming.

It was a fine day here in mid MO. A bit over 130 miles and 4.5 hrs of driving time thru the rolling hills of the Ozarks.
I heard that there were no problems and everyone made it back without much trouble.

We went to Waynseville, MO passing thru several small towns, and great scenery. Our first stop was at Devil’s elbow on the Big Piney river while driving ove some Route 66 pavement. A well maintained thru truss bridge made for some nifty photos. Then of to the tourist hot spot known as Uranus, for a sideshow museum, fudge and ice cream. We hit the Neon park in Robertsville before heading to lunch in Waynseville. On the way back, John and I detoured off the planned route and found ourselves an adventure thru the Kaintuck Conservation area. Gravel, one lane road thru the woods along the stream made for some great Model T road driving.

A couple more from today

Sometimes a wrong turn is the correct thing to do

A few more from today
Decided to convert to b&w for the last ones today
Just over 340 miles and just over 12.5 hours driving time over 4 days.
This was my first Hillbilly tour and I had a great time meeting new friends and catching up with some old ones. I’m looking forward to next year.

Scott

nice pictures scott sat with you at the closing banquet great tour great people

Thanks Steven,
I had a great time and met lots of new friends.
I hope anyone feels free to add any pics they want to share

A couple of stops on the tour.

The John Dillon log house was built by Levi Snelson in 1838. When Phelps county Missouri was organized, the first meeting of the county court was held there on November 25, 1857.

The original county jail was in use from 1860 to 1912.

Inside the jail.

November 1940 land acquisition began for the construction of a military training camp later to be known as Fort Leonard Wood.
The two lane route 66 proved to be inadequate for the increased road traffic.

Engineers needed to blast a new road bed through an imposing limestone ridge. Hooker Cut as it came to be known was the deepest road cut yet made on all of route 66.

Hooker Cut today.