Sunshine Station -- Adrian TX
N 35° 16.244 W 102° 40.387
13S E 711649 N 3905549
Like the Pixar movie Cars? Then be sure to stop in to the Sunshine Station, a cute restored vintage gas station alongside Route 66 just a few dozen feet off the Route 66 Midpoint.
Waymark Code: WMM9MA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2014
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Blasterz had a lovely afternoon visiting Sunshine Station owner Fran and her big buddy Brodie the Yellow Lab. We signed Gus, the red truck, on the bottom of the driver's side windshield.
Fran formerly owned the next door Midpoint cafe, and, when the Pixar boys rolled though town researching Route 66 for a little flick they thought they might make about cars, they enjoyed her so much they modeled the character of Flo, of Flo's V-8 Diner on her.
Fran sold the Midpoint Diner and sort of retired, which for her meant renovating this old gas station into a cute Route 66 memorabilia store that also hosts her collection of personalized Cars memorabilia.
The touristy stuff is next door, but if you'd rather talk to a real Route 66 icon, forever tied to this old road through the magic of computer animation, come here. Tell her the Benchmark Blasterz sent ya.
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Route 66 midpoint
Adrain, TX
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