To Amarillo, TX

Today was a driving day. I had packed picnic stuff, but it was too cold and windy at lunch time, and we hadn't seen a single rest stop with tables. When we got all the way around Tulsa without seeing a Subway (or any other franchise we recognized except McDonalds), we pulled off the tollroad at Bristow, OK. The woman in the toll booth recommended Boomerang, a local diner with a Route 66 theme, which was everything we could have hoped for.

Every table was taken when we arrived, which speaks well to the quality of the food. But we didn't have to wait long. Steve had a patty melt, Mom had a BLT, and I had the hand-breaded catfish sandwich with lettuce and tomato.

Yesterday afternoon we did our first escape room in Branson with Erika and Simeon. It was chaotic. Even with lots of hints we were on the last puzzle when time ran out. If you enlarge the above picture, you will find a word puzzle on the wall above Elvis. We joked that we couldn't escape the diner without solving it. If you solve it, let me know in the comments. I'll put a hint there in a few days for those who haven't succeeded.