Old Man Winter Doesn't Love Me!

I'm not saying that this horrible cold, windy, rainy snap is ALL my fault, but I can't help personalizing it because I'm so incredibly sick of winter.  Winter in May is unnatural, and should not be tolerated.  Just ask my blue toes--although that, too, is not Old Man Winter's fault.  I should know better than to wear sandals when near freezing temps are predicted.  It's just that I'm stubborn and the winter duds go away on May 1.  Brrrrr.....

But on to more pleasant things.  It wasn't a busy day at Afton Station but it was perfectly adequate and filled with lovely visitors.   A guy from nearby Wyandotte, OK came in for the third or fourth time today.  He always buys a lot of goodies and always pays in $2 bills!  Today, I ended up with more than $60 in those bills, so if anyone wants them, I'll be  happy to make change with them until they are used up. 

 Michael Campanelli, who will be known to other Route 66 roadies, stopped on his way to Pontiac, IL for the Red Carpet Corridor event.  Although he lives in Eagle Point, OR he travels the Mother Road from Tucumcari NM to Pontiac often, and is considered the keeper of all of the murals that are quickly going up on many cities along that part of the route.  In his latest brochure, he lists 41 towns that now have murals.  Many of them, such as Pontiac IL and Cuba MO, have a great number of murals.  I wish Afton  had at least one!

 Here are two more interesting people.   They're from Cincinnati, OH and are traveling in their beautiful motor home, which he crafted by hand out of an old Greyhound bus!   This is quite a masterpiece.  Even the interior was made of all hardwood by the gentleman.  I'm impressed!

Folks also came from  Shawnee, KS . . .

. . . and a nice young woman from Raleigh, NC traveling alone on OK and TX Route 66.  

Ron M. was with me today.  Yesterday, Robin held down the fort, and Tattoo Man came to greet our Route 66 friend Ed Klein from Arizona.  I'm so sorry I had to miss Ed!