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If you ever drove an hour or so down I-44 southwest of St Louis you might have seen signs for “Bob’s Gasoline Alley”, along with a whole lot of big gas station signs on the other side of a field from the highway. It was a roadside museum near Cuba, MO, with a large collection of Route 66 gas station memorabilia.
I go past there regularly. A while back I realized the signs were disappearing, and I even ended up on the highway next to a trailer hauling some of them . Then I saw the Bob’s Gasoline Alley sign had a new note about an auction. It turns out Bob died earlier this year. E verything went up for auction.
The bits of the business visible from the highway are vanishing more and more, and soon it will just be a memory of something I used to see.
Just Jeepin'
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08/09/2020 at 12:31 |
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The Interstate system is a marvel, but its legacy of destruction is quite deep.
Dead_Elvis, Inc.
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08/09/2020 at 16:45 |
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XJDano
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08/09/2020 at 17:17 |
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Bummer. I’ll miss seeing all that stuff.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
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08/10/2020 at 10:31 |
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Ah, damn. Pissed at myself for never actually going in there... Always wanted to, never took the time. Always gave me a smile driving by.
RIP, Bob.
Hope the llamas went to a good home.