点评:There are fewer and fewer good rest areas along Missouri interstates, but this welcome center in the middle of the Ozarks is really well-done. Whether you are going eastbound or westbound on I-44, make a stop here. Much creativity and effort went into the construction and design. (If only all rest areas were as creatively designed for the traveler.) for example, there are at least 10 picnic shelters, each with a particular motif. For example, one has the Meramec Caverns sign on its room and another has a roadside motel facade. Even the pathway from the building to the shelters has a line that is painted like the center line on a highway. Inside the visitors center are several features for the truly observant person, not just somebody desperate for a bathroom (like a Route 66 wall clock.) The neon style welcome sign is a nice touch, too. I wonder if it lights up at night?
翻译:在密苏里州的各条州际公路上,像样的休息区越来越少了,但这座位于奥扎克山脉中心的休息站设计得相当出色。无论您是沿I-44公路向东还是向西行驶,都值得在此稍作停留。它的建造与设计倾注了大量创意与心血。(倘若所有休息区都能如此富有创意地为旅客着想就好了。)例如,这里至少有10个野餐棚,每个都有自己独特的主题。其中一间房间的门上有着“Meramec Caverns”的标志,另一间则有着路边汽车旅馆的外观。就连从大楼通往避难所的小径上,也画着一条类似高速公路中线般的线条。在游客中心里,有不少供真正善于观察的人欣赏的细节,而并不仅仅是给急着找洗手间的人准备的设施(比如66号公路风格的壁钟)。那个霓虹风格的欢迎牌也是一个很贴心的设计。我很好奇它晚上会不会亮起来呢?