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Previously full time RVers we now travel as often as possible to look at quirky and fun places. Feel free to join us in our adventure and say hi!

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09/23/2026

Squiggly’s Travel Log: Another Route 66 Find!

Squiggly’s sign spotting continues, and this one was definitely worth climbing on. 😂

We found one of Sapulpa’s 6-foot-tall Route 66 signs, part of the town’s “Crossroads of America” roadside attraction celebrating its place along the Mother Road.

The colorful artwork inside the shield features pieces of Sapulpa, making it more than just a Route 66 marker — it’s a little snapshot of the town itself.

And apparently that big Route 66 shield came with one additional feature...

A Squiggly-sized seat right on top. 🐙

After all the giant people we've been finding, it's nice to finally discover a roadside attraction where Squiggly gets to be the one towering over something. 😂

📍 Sapulpa, Oklahoma
🛣️ Crossroads of America | Historic Route 66

09/21/2026

Squiggly’s Travel Log: Okay, This Might Be the Biggest Sign Yet

Apparently Squiggly has a new travel rule:

See a sign. Take a picture. 📸🐙

And this one was a little hard to miss!

We found this huge Route 66 display in Tulsa, complete with a giant set of numbers that makes Squiggly look even tinier than usual.

After all the giant people we’ve tracked down, it seems fitting that we’ve moved on to giant signs. 😂

But there’s something pretty neat about seeing “Route 66” everywhere we go. We're traveling pieces of the Mother Road during its 100th anniversary year, and every mural, old building, roadside attraction and oversized sign feels like another little piece of the story.

Squiggly approves. On to the next discovery! 🐙🛣️

📍 Tulsa, Oklahoma
🛣️ Historic Route 66

09/18/2026

Squiggly’s Travel Log: This Sign Is a Little Special

Squiggly’s been spotting signs everywhere lately, but this one deserves a little extra attention.

We found it in Arcadia, Oklahoma, along historic Route 66 — and look at those dates: 1926–2026.

The Mother Road turns 100 years old this year! 🎉

Route 66 was established in 1926, and somehow we managed to be out here exploring pieces of it during its centennial year. That makes all these old gas stations, roadside oddities, giant statues, murals, and little towns we're finding along the way feel just a bit more special.

And Arcadia apparently has another milestone to celebrate — 100 Miles of Christmas!

Squiggly may have started out looking for interesting things to see, but somewhere along the way, he seems to have become our official Route 66 sign spotter. 🐙📸

📍 Arcadia, Oklahoma
🛣️ Route 66 Centennial | 1926–2026

Happy 100th, Route 66! Here's to all the strange, historic and wonderful things still waiting down the road.

09/16/2026

Squiggly’s Travel Log: I Saw Another Sign!

Apparently Squiggly has started collecting signs now. 😂

After finding our giant Route 66 greeting in Tulsa, we spotted another colorful welcome — this time in Edmond, Oklahoma!

Of course, Squiggly wanted a picture. At this point, if a town paints its name really big on the side of a building, he considers it an official sightseeing stop. 📸🐙

One of my favorite things about traveling is finding things like this along the way. They aren’t necessarily the big attractions you planned the trip around — they’re just those fun little discoveries that make you pull over, grab the camera, and remember where you’ve been.

📍 Edmond, Oklahoma

Wonder what sign Squiggly will find next? 👀

09/14/2026

Squiggly’s Travel Log: Well, There’s My Sign!

You know how sometimes you’re wandering around and the universe sends you a sign?

Apparently mine is approximately the size of a BUILDING. 😂

While exploring Tulsa, I came across this huge “Greetings from Route 66” mural in the Meadow Gold District, and there was no way I was passing it by without a picture.

And if you look closely, this isn’t just a Route 66 sign. The letters are filled with little pieces of Tulsa and Mother Road history — including Buck’s Cosmic Curios, which I already had to investigate for myself.

I’ve seen giant cowboys, giant oilmen, giant ladies, and a giant soda bottle on this trip.

Now I’ve found a giant postcard.

Route 66 really does understand my kind of sightseeing. 🐙

📍 Meadow Gold District — Tulsa, Oklahoma

🐙 Professional Passenger • Roadside Attraction Inspector • Always Follows the Signs

09/09/2026

🐙 Squiggly’s Travel Log: Apparently Everything Is Bigger on Route 66

We finished with the giant people, so naturally I assumed we were going to start looking at normal-sized things again.

I was wrong. 😂

Our next stop was Pops 66 Soda Ranch in Arcadia, Oklahoma, home to this absolutely enormous soda bottle standing alongside historic Route 66.

The bottle is 66 feet tall — because of course it is — and it’s made from steel rings with LED lights that turn it into a colorful light show after dark. 🥤✨

Pops itself is pretty neat, too. Inside, there are hundreds of different kinds of soda from all over, with a huge glass wall displaying bottles in just about every color imaginable.

But we were here during the day, and even without the lights, a 66-foot soda bottle in the middle of Oklahoma is pretty hard to miss.

I am beginning to understand Route 66.

See something ridiculously oversized.
Stop the humans.
Take a picture.
Continue down the road. 😂

I think I'm getting pretty good at this sightseeing thing.

🐙 Professional Passenger • Curious Sightseer • Brave for Someone With No Bones

09/07/2026

🐙 **FINALLY. THE HUMANS FED ME.** 🌮

After all this traveling… all these giant people… all these places where I *thought* we might be stopping for food…

**IT FINALLY HAPPENED.**

We stopped at **El Maguey Mexican Restaurant in Sand Springs, Oklahoma**, and this certified foodie was READY.

First came the chips and salsa.

Amazing. No complaints. Keep them coming. 😂

But then I met the **taco al pastor.** 🌮❤️

Oh. My.

I don't want to be dramatic, but I can't imagine anything better.

I have eight arms, and suddenly that doesn't seem like nearly enough to hold all the tacos I want.

The humans may have finally redeemed themselves.

🐙 *Professional Passenger • Certified Foodie • Brave for Someone With No Bones*

09/04/2026

🐙 **Squiggly’s Travel Log: Okay… We Found the BIG One.**

We started this week finding giant people along Route 66, and apparently the humans decided we needed to finish it with the **giantest giant person they could find.**

Meet the **Golden Driller** in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

And friends…

**HE IS 76 FEET TALL.** 😳

He weighs about **43,500 pounds** and has been standing outside the Tulsa Expo Center since 1966, with one hand resting on a real oil derrick. He represents Tulsa's oil-industry history and the days when the city was known as the **“Oil Capital of the World.”**

But I did some investigating, and these are the important facts:

His belt is **48 FEET around.**

His hard hat is supposedly a **size 112.**

And his shoe size?

**393DDD.**

Sir.

Where do you even BUY those? 😂

The Golden Driller actually started out as a temporary attraction for the International Petroleum Exposition in the 1950s. People liked him so much that eventually a permanent version was built, and in 1979 he was named Oklahoma's official state monument.

So after a week of cowboys, space men, Rosie the Riveter and assorted enormous humans, I think we've officially reached the grand finale.

**76 feet.**

I am approximately pocket-sized.

I think we know who won. 🐙😂

Until the humans find another giant person, anyway…

🐙 *Professional Passenger • Certified Foodie • Brave for Someone With No Bones*

09/02/2026

🐙 **Cowboy Bob deserved a better picture.** 🤠📸

I showed you this giant cowboy before, but the humans helped me get a much better shot this time, so I figured Bob deserved a proper introduction.

This is **Cowboy Bob**, a **21-foot-tall Muffler Man** standing outside **66 Collective** along historic Route 66 in Tulsa.

He's dressed head-to-toe like a honky-tonk cowboy — cowboy hat, bolo tie, boots and, of course, that giant guitar. 🎸 He's one of the newer additions to Tulsa's growing collection of fiberglass giants along this stretch of the Mother Road.

Apparently these giant people were originally designed to grab the attention of travelers driving by.

Mission accomplished, Bob.

You got the attention of one very small octopus. 😂

And yes, I made the humans stop for another picture.

At this point they should really know how this works.

🐙 *Professional Passenger • Certified Foodie • Brave for Someone With No Bones*

08/31/2026

🐙 **New Week, More Giant People!** 😂

Apparently we're starting another week of Route 66 exploring exactly the way we should...

with **more giant people.**

This time I found **Rosie the Riveter**, a **19-foot-tall fiberglass roadside statue** standing outside **The Pearl Shops** in Tulsa's Meadow Gold District along historic Route 66.

Rosie was installed in 2025 as a tribute to the women who worked in factories and manufacturing plants during World War II, which makes her a pretty special stop along the route.

Of course, I had to get her picture. 📸

At this point, the humans have stopped asking why I'm photographing every giant person we find.

They're learning. 😂

🐙 *Professional Passenger • Certified Foodie • Brave for Someone With No Bones*

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