John's Place on OK County 66 Metal Print

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JOHN'S PLACE ON OK COUNTY 66 by PRISCILLA BURGERS

John's Place is the creative product of John Hargrove, a former airplane and school bus mechanic. John grew up just off Route 66 in Oklahoma City and was always fascinated by the "Mother Road. In 1998 he sold everything that he had, bought a piece of Route 66 property just east of Oklahoma City in Arcadia, and began building his attraction. John is creating replicas of classic roadside icons, most of them found along Route 66, and scattering them around his property. He's got his own versions of the giant Twin Arrows, a big jackrabbit, a Wigwam motel room, a big kachina doll, a fake Meramec Caverns barn roof, a Volkswagen Beetle buried nose down in the earth and a pond to hold a replica Blue Whale. Indoors, John has built a replica diner interior that can seat between 50 and 100 people. A drive-in movie screen fills one wall. There's another Volkswagen Beetle, which sticks halfway out of the second floor, next to the balcony....

I was born and raised in the Metropolitan New York City area of New Jersey but have lived in Arizona for forty years. After retiring from high school counseling and teaching, I discovered the joy of photography and digital art. Although I strive to get the shot right in the camera, I enjoy the artistic and creative aspects of working with image editing programs. Capturing the beauty of God's creation with landscape photography was my first passion. I thank God for his creations and that I am fortunate enough to see and capture a part of them with my camera. I have also come to enjoy many other facets of photography, such as wildlife, American Western, farm, church, and ghost town photography. I take great pleasure in traveling and...