Thgs to Do | Gary’s Gay Para

Contents:

• GARY'S GAY PARA
• ROUTE 66: GARY’S GAY PARA
• GAY PARA, A ROUTE 66 LANDMARK THAT HOLDS A UNIQUE SPOT OZARKS HISTORY
• GARY'S GAY PARA
• GARY'S GAY PARA
• ROUTE 66 MT SEE - GARY'S GAY PARA
• GARY’S GAY PARA
• GAY PARA

GARY'S GAY PARA

This property is lled Gay Para, ” the late Gary Turner said 2012, wh his signature gravelly voice. “It was built by Gay and Fred Mason. Gay Para was named after Gay.

But you only see Gay’s name up there, so she’s probably more equal than Fred was. ”The origal Gay Para was built around 1930 Paris Sprgs, alongsi Route md that “Para” is not exactly “equal” Spanish (more likely Italian), and that Para may very well have been an old place name for this part of ral Missouri about 20- wt of Sprgfield.

That was Gay Mason’s dream hoe. Th was born the lotn for the new Gay Para statn, now vised year-round by 66 travelers. The path wouldn’t be anythg whout the people, ’” Rich relled ’s generosy love, iendship, and food at Gay Para, though, were owed large part to his formative years as a picker, wh his fay tryg to survive poverty.

ROUTE 66: GARY’S GAY PARA

Meanwhile, the future of Gary’s Gay Para was very Para, Part 2The Gay Para statn sat quiet repose for months followg Lena’s ath.

Worse yet, vandals started claimg some of the many antique signs and artifacts that ma Gay Para one of the most popular and unique roadsi attractns on scrib what happened durg this perd: “The statn sat empty….

”Gary Turner’s impact on Route 66 has been noted by many, particularly the people and muni nearby Gay Para Missouri. ”Today, Gay Para has been given a new lease on life. Gay Para looks much the same as always did, perhaps a ltle neater and tidier plac where Barb has left her fgerprts, but the vibe is no is no such thg as a 15-mute vis to Gay Para, wh or whout Gary.

GAY PARA, A ROUTE 66 LANDMARK THAT HOLDS A UNIQUE SPOT OZARKS HISTORY

You fet the heat, the humidy, the fli, bee this is the day’s premier event, and this is not the typil Missouri ont lghed aloud, “If you’re a hurry and you stop at Gay Para, you’re trouble!

If you’re a te open road traveler, then Gary Turner and Gay Para were ma for you. It’s barely five o’clock and the sun is not that low yet, reflectg a pleasant warmth off the metal piec all around —Old gas statn pumps and Ford tck remnants, ancient license plat and signs wh such clean letterg that read: Kendall Motor Oil, Drk Lime Cola Double Size 5 Cents, Coal Oil, and then, Gay Para, Established 1934.

GARY'S GAY PARA

Fred Watson named the jumble of art gas statns after his wife Gay, and over the years, beme one of the favore stops along Route 66.

GARY'S GAY PARA

Different rtrants, hotels, and gas statns bee statns all their own—jt like Gay Para.

” Gary’s passn for Gay Para shows the re he tak wh every old r his lawn, and wh the personal attentn he giv every one of his guts. “Gay Para? Wele to Gary’s Gay Para!

GARY’S GAY PARITA RECREATION.

ROUTE 66 MT SEE - GARY'S GAY PARA

Gay Para is a lol landmark for Route 66 enthiasts.

Gay Para was the feature of the July 2021 Ozarks Alive: Time Capsule episo on KSMU. But one memory liv on the form of an old-fashned Sclair service statn lled Gay Para, loted some 20-some wt of the Queen small, lorful statn, adorned wh vtage dér, is tly a sign of the tim.

GARY’S GAY PARA

” Those are the words of Gee Bowick, who liv at Gay Para wh his partner, Barbara Barn. They ntue a legacy that began around a century ago, when the statn was opened by Fred and Gay Mason the 1920s.

Gee Bowick pots to a photo of Fred and Gay Mason, who opened the statn the 1920s. Most thgs remaed the same after Gee and Barbara moved om the East Coast to take over Gay Para.

GAY PARA

“That’s the same hoe that Fred and Gay Mason lived , that’s the same hoe that Gary and Lena Turner lived , and now ’s where Barbara and I live, ” says Gee. For more rmatn about Gay Para, click here.

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