Vintage roadside

[dh66]

My wife went by the (now closed) Cave Court while driving through Cave City, Arkansas.

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"Crystal River Tourist Camp (formerly Crystal River Cave Court, today Cave Courts Motel) is a motor inn built in 1932 in Cave City, Arkansas. It is the oldest operating motor court in the state.[2] It is built of field-stones from the Ozarks.

History
Prince Matlock built the motel in 1932 by setting thousands of rocks from the area. He used geodes and quartz as decorative rocks and created many designs of crosses and animals to add to the rock walls. Underneath the motel is a large cave for which Cave City is named.[3]The subterranean Crystal River runs through the cave's five chambers."

That place looks mighty cool, Bob!

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[Ghostsoldier]

Laspino's.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Peter's got worms.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Jack's got triple-X and pies.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Bill Hovey's.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

59 cent chicken.

Rob

 

[Frunobulax]

59 cent chicken.

Rob

Home of the Big Barney.

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[Frunobulax]

Just took this about 30 min ago. I suspect it's the same place.

And yes, they still gave great burgers and fried chicken. Just not for that price antmore.

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[BobHufford]

View from the west side drive-through...

 

[BobHufford]

I barely remember this place. They had three locations here in Springfield, Missouri.

 

[BobHufford]

This was sitting out (for sale) in front of what used to be the Chevy dealership in Willow Springs, Missouri. Seemed like a reason to take a picture...

 

[1930artdeco]

That is a REALLY nice looking Chevy truck. One that even I would consider buying-and I am a ford guy.

Mike

 

[Ghostsoldier]

This was right up the road from me; we used to visit it when we were kids.

They had a live elephant in a cage in the parking lot, out by the highway for advertising the zoo.

For a few dollars, a guest could actually get in a cage and box with a chimpanzee; the monkey wore boxing gloves and was trained to pummel the hell out of anyone who entered....if you beat him, you won a prize. To my knowledge, no one ever did.

You can imagine what the SPCA would say about this kind of entertainment today, lol.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Official.

Rob

 

[BobHufford]

View from the west side drive-through...

When I drove by this the other day I didn't realize it was now abandoned. Someone posted a series of photos of its current state to FacePlace. It had nice bathroom floors back in the day...

 

[BobHufford]

Highway 60 Drive-In Theatre, Mountain Grove, Missouri.

 

[dh66]

Highway 60 Drive-In Theatre, Mountain Grove, Missouri.

Great pics Bob! The b&w one especially.

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[Ghostsoldier]

Loved those pecan logs.

Rob

 

[dh66]

Loved those pecan logs.

Rob

There was a Stuckey's not too far from my grandparents' house when I was a kid....so I sure ate my fair share of them growing up.

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[Ghostsoldier]

We had a Horne's, too... Stuckey's competition... which also sold pecan logs.

I still pick up a pecan or peanut log, now and then, on our travels up the interstate in Georgia...the flavor doesn't seem to be the same as it was when I was a kid, but it could just be my ancient taste buds. [emoji6]

Rob