Some days on this project take a week to plan and an hour to shoot. This one was the opposite — a single Saturday stacked with murals, monuments, a hundred-year-old store, and a sky full of balloons. Here's how it went. * August 29, 2026 Travel Blog #1 Joplin, Missouri The day started at Route 66 Mural Park, 619 S. Main Street, in front of Andy Thomas's Tri-State Corridor Mural. Unveiled in April 2025, the mural crams in 25 regional landmarks — Nelson's Old Riverton Store and