Horse drawn carriage versus the horse-less carriage! Great way to start day #30!Tulsa has a Neon Park! Unfortunately, they don’t light it up at night anymore, so we had to get them in the daytime!Another item from the Neon Park!Last of the items in the Neon Park!Another Route 66 Mural!The bookend to yesterday’s Tulsa Route 66 marker! Cool Route 66 marker in Sapulpa, OK!Another Route 66 Mural!You don’t see Tornado Shelters everyday! We turned around and went back for a photo!A giant old timey gas pump!We stopped for breakfast at the Rock Cafe! This place has been a Route 66 classic since 1939! The cafe sees less Route 66 traffic these days, but now mostly caters to family reunions for soldiers returning from overseas deployment! Amazing place!Interior of the Rock Cafe!Proof we wuz here!Other people were there too!The marketing budget remains at zero!Another Route 66 Classic!Who lives here?Jerry McClanahan! He authored our Route 66 guide! He invites all Route 66’ers to stop by! He autographed our book and made adjustments based on changes to the route since our version was published! A very delightful gentleman and a cool part of our day! Incidentally that’s not his home but his art gallery! Some of his work is on the walls in the above photo!Another mural!More mural!Another old timey bridge!
An impromptu blue grass band!
Yep! It’s a round barn!The gentleman who built the round barn basically did it because he reckoned the round shape would make it tornado resistant! The science doesn’t back up the supposition, but it’s cool nonetheless!A giant Coke bottle! Well it’s supposed to be one when it’s lit up at night!El Reno is famous for the Oklahoma Onion Burger! During the depression, travelers had less money so clever proprietors made burgers with half the usual meat to lower prices and replaced the volume with cooked onions! They are a historic treasure and delicious! Coincidentally, we found a food blog posting about the Onion Burger during the pandemic and made them at home! When planning the road trip, we knew that we had to stop at Sid’s – the best Onion Burger per locals!Sadly Sid’s was closed – the staff was on vacation! A local couple was also trying to eat lunch at Sid’s and they accompanied us to Johnnie’s – where Sid once worked!Johnnie’s!The couple that told us about Johnnie’s felt so bad about Sid’s being closed (as if it was their fault) that they treated us to a Coney dog – another local favorite! It’s a hot dog smothered in chili with American cheese and coleslaw! It was awesome but the gesture from the couple blew us away! We tried to reciprocate but they would have none of it! Travel confirms the world is awesome!We ordered onion rings as our side!There it is! The Onion Burger! S ordered a double, E a single! The proper way to eat one is with pickles and mustard! That’s it!Yummy! Pinkies up might not be proper technique!As we approached OKC, we passed by the home town of Garth Brooks!The legend even has a Boulevard!Once in OKC, we stopped at the Oklahoma National Memorial & Museum!Visitors still leave mementos along the fence that marks the old federal bulding’s floor plate!A very solemn place! The museum and the grounds are impressively done! A must visit when in OKC!The artists made these light fixtures out of chairs! Big chairs for adult victims and small chairs for child victims! It’s a powerful statement!OKC has been revitalized post the 1995 terrorist attack! Bricktown (where we stayed) seems to be the center of that revitalization!You had to know it was coming! After a long day of driving and an emotional visit to the memorial, we needed some down time and simple dinner! This brewery did the trick with their excellent beer!
We met in San Francisco in December 2013 and were married on Valentine's Day 2016. After two years of marriage, we've decided to trade in corporate life for a global travel adventure and our continued commitment to making a positive difference in the world. Follow our adventure.
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Always wonderful to see this in the in box. Who’d have thought you could have that much fun in OKC.
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Always wonderful to see this in the in box. Who’d have thought you could have that much fun in OKC.
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great pics…I’m salivating!
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