♪ It’s a highway song
You sing it on and on
On and on . . . .

Do you know who sang this? It’s a bit tough, it’s Black. . . .

Everything is bigger in Texas, so they say.

On May 4th – 5th we traveled to Shamrock, TX. Dave drove 209 miles with the wind blowing steady against the right front of the RV. But we haven’t hit rain yet so that’s a plus.

Our site #6

We have a lot of nice neighbors around us.

We drove into the City of Shamrock to check it out.

Shamrock, TX. is on Interstate Highway 40 (here formerly U.S. Highway 66) in south central Wheeler County, was in the 1980s the largest town in the county. The name Shamrock was first suggested, for good luck and courage, by Irish immigrant sheep rancher George Nickel, when he applied in 1890 to open a post office. But it wasn’t until the railroad named the stop Shamrock in 1903, and the post office was finally named Shamrock, and in 1911 the name Shamrock finally stuck.

Tower Station and U-Drop Inn Cafe on Route 66 in Shamrock

If you look close you can see that there are old gas tanks on the left side of the building as well as in front.

The historic Tower Station and U-Drop Inn Café was built in 1936 to serve travelers along Route 66. The location of U.S. Highway 66 made the main avenue of Shamrock boom with garages, filling stations, restaurants, and tourist courts. The Conoco station provided fuel for those early travelers, while the adjacent cafe provided food and drink. The third area was envisioned as a retail store, but became an overflow seating area for the cafe. Restored in 2004, today the iconic art deco building of green glazed tile and brick serves as a Visitor Information Center and also houses the Chamber of Commerce and in 2021 they began offering restaurant service in the building for the first time in decades. The center has an expanded gift shop and offers free coffee & tea along with free internet and encourages everyone to “sit a spell” and enjoy the ambiance of this historic icon along the “Mother Road”.

The cafe has limited hours so we didn’t get to go in. We heard and from reading reviews this is a must and the food at the cafe is said to be delicious Plus it is known for having the original booth where Elvis Presley once sat. Definitely a neat unique building.

Also in Shamrock is part of the Blarney Stone in Ireland, so legend has it. Being I’m a bit Irish we went to check it out.

A fragment of the original Blarney Stone is immured within a concrete monument at Blarney Stone Plaza on Main St. This genuine chunk from the ruins of Blarney Castle was accidentally knocked off of the original Stone — at least according to the Shamrock official who brought it here in 1959. The chunk’s arrival was so important that Shamrock’s mayor called out the Texas Highway Patrol and the Texas National Guard, who reportedly stationed a sub-machine gunner atop the drug store as the Stone was wheeled into town.

Also in the Blarney Stone Plaza

Down the street from the plaza, we came upon this old gas station that looked like someone from the 1960s just left the building and left the note at the bottom right circle.

Our one night stay at Shamrock was fun, I didn’t get a chance to finish the blog last night, to busy talking with our nice neighbors. We are now in Yukon, Oklahoma for a 2 night stay.

It’s time to put the chairs in the wagon.

It’s time to swap spit and hit the road.