A day after leaving the Gathering Place Park, the group went to a campground to spend the night. It started out like any other night in a campground, but quickly turned into an adventure! The campground had two small cabins that the group got to use that night, the cabins even had electric lights! It […]
Author: Dave Kipp
Adventures on Route 66 – The Gathering Place
After leaving the Giant Blue Whale, the Ugly Little Blue Bus took the group to a nearby campground just outside of Tulsa Oklahoma. Some of the kids came to the Leader and complained and said, “We have had a lot of fun on this trip and learned a lot about God and about our country, […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Blue Whale of Catoosa (pronounced K2C)
After leaving Ku-Ku Burgers, the leaders and the kids traveled along Route 66 through Oklahoma. The next day the kids were getting hungry again and they told the Leader that they hoped he had planned a great lunch for them. They were hoping to stop at another restaurant that was as good as the Ku-Ku. […]
Adventures on Route 66 – KuKu Burgers
The kids and the leaders finally crossed from the State of Missouri into the State of Oklahoma. The Ugly Little Blue Bus was running great, but the kids were getting hungry. They asked the Leader, “When can we stop and get something to eat?” The Leader promised them that they would stop soon. About 20 […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Service Stations
The kids and the leaders got on the Ugly Little Blue Bus and left St. Louis. The next day they knew that they had a long day of driving ahead of them, so they stopped at a gas station to fill up the tank on the Ugly Little Blue Bus. While the Leader was filling […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Gateway Arch, St Louis
The kids and leaders were exhausted after their walk across the mile long Chain of Rocks Bridge, and then having to walk back again, so they slept well that night in the campground. They were still tired the next morning when they got onto the Ugly Little Blue Bus to continue their trip, so they […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Chain of Rocks Bridge
One afternoon the Leader stopped the Ugly Little Blue Bus by a big river, it was the Mississippi river! They all got off the bus and the Leader led them to a bridge and told them that they were going to walk across the bridge and walk back again. It was hot and the bridge […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Muffler Men
The group of kids and their leaders got back on the Ugly Little Blue Bus and left the Streetcar Diner. They traveled to the city of Atlanta Illinois and the kids could not believe what they saw! It was a giant statue of a man holding a giant hotdog! Immediately the kids were hungry for […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Streetcar Diner
The group of kids and their leaders got back on the Ugly Little Blue Bus and left Chicogo on Route 66. They went as far as Gardner Illinois and then they saw something unusual! Their leader said, “Look at the streetcar that has been turned into a diner. Of course the kids had questions; what […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Getting Started
There was once a kid’s group at a Church. This group was just a bunch of normal kids, but their leaders had an idea! Why not take a road trip on Route 66 and see some strange things in this country and learn more about God at the same time! It was a great idea, […]