Missouri Route 66 Tour October 20, 2019 to October 26, 2019 All registrations must be received 30 days prior to start date. === Dear VCCA Member: Attached is the Registration form and basic information regarding the tour. The tour is limited to the first 25 who register. Registration is not complete until payment is made. The registration fee covers only the three meals provided and NO museums and attractions which have admission fees are included, and you will have to pay at the door. Several locations have provided a discount so be sure to ask for the VCCA rate. I hope the registration is self- explanatory, but if you have questions, please let me know. The speed limit for almost all of the tour is 55 miles an hour with very little Interstate travel. Please indicate if you need trailer parking so I can help arrange that if you want. At the welcoming dinner, there will be tons of stuff provided by the Missouri Division of Tourism about Route 66 and things to do in Missouri. If you want to do some planning before the tour, contact www.visit mo.com or call 1 800 334-6946 and they should get you to the right people or place. I will be happy to help get you the information you want. The tour provides a number of suggestions for one to do on his/her own. If you will indicate what interests you in these options, I will try to organize a group that share the same interest. For example, in Springfield, Cindy and I will probably do Museum on the Square and then Grizzley and the Botanical Garden. I’m happy and Cindy’s happy with easy logistics. On Sunday the 20th, Cindy and I are going to do the Kansas circle and spend some time in Galena and Baxter Springs and Commerce, Ok. We will stop in Riverton at the Nelson General Store which has been and continues to be as in the 1920’s. This will allow a photo opp at the Rainbow Bridge. Any one is welcome to join us. If you are into the paranormal, you could check out the Joplin Spook Light, Pythian Castle, and Lemp Mansion. Springfield is a hotbed of paranormal “experts” so a program on “Ghosts on Route 66” may be a possibility. The label “Bloody 66” was apparently appropriate. If interested, let me know, and I will see what I can do. There have been card players on both tours we have been on so we will try an voluntary evening agenda. Someone will have cards. Cindy will bring her Ma Jong game in case there are others who play or want to learn. We hope to have the capacity to show episodes of the original Route 66 tv show. Who knows, there may even be popcorn. Pack your vintage clothes in your vintage suitcases. Shine the Chevy. Let’s get some kicks on Route 66. Truman and Cindy Allen. 29 E. Ash Street, Columbia MO 65203573 441-2667 or 573 424-7117 [email protected] Tour Information and Registration Missouri Route 66 Tour October 20, 2019 to October 26, 2019 All registrations must be received 30 days prior to start date. This Tour is limited to the first twenty five (25) Post WWII to 1994 Chevrolets or GMCs registered. Entrant 1. One Vehicle & One Driver $ 45.00 2. Passengers – $45 each This is for the 1. Welcome Dinner- BBQ 2. Bob’s Gasolene Alley entrance and dinner 3. Closing dinner- Choice of Italian or Mexican Total enclosed $___________ Make check payable to Truman Allen and send to 29 E. Ash St. Columbia Mo. 65203. My phone number is 573 441 2667 and email is [email protected] Name(s): ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Address: _______________________________________ __________________________________________ E-mail:____________________________ Phone:____________________________ Vehicle Make__________ Year _______ Model ____________ Color__________ Will trailer space be needed yes __ no __ No rescue vehicle will be available. Refund Policy: All refund decisions will be made by the Tour Master. Cancellation Requested 30 days prior to tour start date. Full refund (except obligated expenses) Expenses not covered by registration fee: All meals except the three identified above (and breakfasts provided by hotels except Wagon Wheel and Munger Moss) and admission charges to attractions. See Attachment A Attractions and Hotels Grievances: Grievance must be submitted to the Tour Master no later than 60 days after the conclusion of this tour and should be resolved by the Tour Master. If it can not be resolved by the Tour Master it should be forwarded to the Area Director of the area in which the tour was held. Pre-registration is required to participate in this tour. The undersigned has adequate insurance based on their state and accepts full responsibility for the welfare of their vehicle and persons with their vehicles while attending the Missouri Route 66 Tour And hold harmless the host, host committee and the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America, Inc. for any claim for personal injury or damage to their vehicles asserted by a member. Signed _______________________________________date_________ Hotels Please identify which hotels you will be staying at because I have had to guarantee some rooms with a credit card. Hotel reservations must be made before September 29, 2019, to get the VCCA/tour rate. You will need to identify yourself as a part of VCCA except at Eureka Quality Inn. At Eureka Quality Inn, the reservations are in my name and instructions are below. It is probably best to call Munger Moss Motel in the morning. Joplin 10/20/19 Sunday La Quinta (417)781-0500 $94 Springfield 10/21/19 Monday Rail Haven (855) 667-5540 $75 Stay here? Yes _______No________ If you don’t want to stay in a vintage hotel, I suggest Lamplighter Inn & Suites, North Springfield. It is a new hotel but is a transplant, vintage 66 hotel or Fairfield Inn (417) 833- 9599. No rooms have been reserved at Lamplighter or Fairfield Inn. Reservations have been made ONLY at Rail Haven. Lebanon 10/22/19 Tuesday Munger Moss (417 ) 532 -3111 King $60, Queen $55, 2 Queens 65, and full beds $60. NO breakfast provided or available at hotel. The classic Route 66 motel with GREAT NEON SIGNAGE. Stay here? Yes______No________ An option is The Manor House Inn (417) 718-6200 manorhouselebanon.com which is a 1903 private residence originally converted to Lentz HoMoTel; converted back to private residence; and now a B&b. Rates are $89, $99 (ShARED BATh) or $150 third floor suite or $120 carriage house. Voucher given for breakfast at Elm Street Eatery. No rooms reserved. Stay here? Yes_________ No________ If you don’t want to stay at the vintage hotels, I suggest Super 8 by Wyndham (417) 588- 2574. No rooms reserved because of Munger Moss and Manor House Inn Rolla 10/23/19 Wednesday Super 8 by Wyndham (573) 458 -5837 $67 Cuba 10/24/19 Thursday Wagon Wheel (573) 885 -3411 $25 cancellation fee, 19 units, NO breakfast . October rate, no discount. Stay here? Yes________ No_________ Super 8 (573) 885-2087 $70 plus tax; $75 king plus tax; two queens $77.40 plus tax Eureka 10/25/19 Friday Quality Inn (636) 257 -8400 $99 Please request your room be removed from Truman Allen’s reservation into your name and email me you have registered. Otherwise, I may cancel your room inadvertently when clearing the rooms I had to reserve in my name. This cancellation will happen if the room is not transferred from my name to yours. (Obviously this was not my suggested procedure.) Stay here? Yes_______ No_________ St Louis/Kirkwood 10/26/19 Saturday Best Western Kirkwood Inn (314) 821-3950 $100 per room Events/attraction Joplin- 1. Gay Perita restored gas station- free 2. Spencer –ghost town under restoration- free Springfield 3. Route 66 Car Museum adults; $12 4. history Museum on the Square, includes a Route 66 gallery. Adults $5 5. On The Square, Woodruff building, Gillioz Theater, Colonial hotel site where Route 66 was named. 6. On your own Options Branson - Branson is a music and theater destination. Daytime shows are available as well as evening. Branson is 60 miles south of Springfield on Highway 65 The tour will permit one to go on their own to Branson if this is of interest. a. Bass Pro founder Johnny Morris has created the Johnny Morris Nature Museum which is world class. The store itself has attractions as well. b. The Air and Military Museum of the Ozarks c. Grizzly Industries, with or without Springfield Botanical Gardens d. Springfield Botanical Gardens e. Pythian Castle- Originally orphanage- WWI German POW facility-ghosts Lebanon 7. Route 66 Museum—Free 8. Camp Joy cabin-Bothwell Park - Free 9. Evergreen Classic Car Collection , $25 10. Option on own, trout fishing at Meramec Springs –need Mo. fishing license if under 65 years of age. 11. Waynesville a. Stage coach museum b. Courthouse museum c. Jail musem d. Trail of Tears marker 12. Uranus, “City”of, survivor turned modern day tourist trap Rolla 13. Mule Trading Post- survivor tourist trap. 14. “stubby” Stonehenge St. James 15. Vacuum Cleaner Museum, Free—highly rated by visitors and it’s claimed to “suck you in” Cuba 16. Bob’s Gasoline Alley--- $15 for admission and dinner 17. Fanning World’s second largest rocking chair (why this is on all the lists of things to see is beyond me. 18. City murals and historic business/building and trail, Trail of Tears monument –on your own Stanton 19. Meramec Caverns $17 -- Meramec Caverns has a mile and ¼ round trip walking tour taking approximately one hour and twenty minutes.