Mater and Red

I took Friday during the week of Squirt's birthday off so we could REALLY celebrate. We loaded up fairly early and head out to Kansas. I'd heard in Galena on Route 66 we could find the real life Mator and Red. Before the movie was made the creator of CARS traveled Route 66 in Galena they found their inspiration for Towmator and Red. You can find more information about where we went at 4 Women on the Route .
We made pretty good time and Squirt was excited to see where Mater lived.

You can actually crawl into Mater and get your picture taken. Because of copyright despite this being the original inspiration for Mater, they had to rename him. A contest ensued and the winning name was Towtator.

You can also get your picture taken on Red.

I got Squirt his first camera. He's still obviously learning how to point and shoot and it's just a cheap point and shoot at that. He doesn't do to bad though. He sure thought it was neat. Think I'll make a shutterbug out of him yet.

He really thought it was funny to take a picture of momma taking a picture of him.

We took "Lightening McQueen's Road" most of the way back home. Even stopped at a bridge to take a few more pictures. It took a bit of convincing to get him to sit on the road for the last shot.