Summer Trip: Days 4 & 5 – Mostly Missouri

The focus of this trip was Illinois and Indiana but I made time for a bunch of states and stops on the way there.

This rooftop giant chile pepper is located in Blue Springs, MO:

This giant macaroni is at the Kraft plant in Springfield, MO — unfortunately, protected behind chain link:

This is just one of several Pineapple Whips in Springfield, MO with the gyrating hula girls:

An Art Deco beauty in Kansas City, KS:

This former Coca-Cola bottling plant is in Columbia, MO:

The interior lobby at the Lodge of the Four Seasons from 1964 in Lake Ozark, MO:

Let’s move on to a batch of signs. This one in Springfield, MO:

A modern sign but in the vintage style — at The Legends Outlets in Kansas City, KS:

A former Safeway sign in Kansas City, KS:

This drive-in is in Columbia, MO:

A modern neon sign in Joplin, MO:

Impact Signs in Sedalia, MO has put together a mini park of local orphaned signs next to their sign shop:

There are several orphaned local signs at River Bluff Brewing in St. Joseph, MO including this one from Hatfield’s Sporting Goods:

There are a few lit signs inside the brewery:

The American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, MO has a handful of vintage and replica signs from local jazz clubs. I believe this one is vintage with new neon added:

The Western Motel in Vinita, OK was originally known as the Quarter Horse Ranch Motel. There are a couple of postcard images of the original sign but they aren’t great. Apparently, the horse had animated legs:

Earlier this year, the motel had this new tribute sign installed (previously a simple plastic box sign). Western Motel is spelled out in neon on the panel below this detail. The horse has stationary legs but the cowboy has an animated lasso:

And let’s not forget my travel companions (L-R: Grizzie/13, Dilly/8, Orbie/5, & Gremmie/19) for these trips — here with Old Drum in Warrensburg, MO: