We’ve decided we’re not going to make it over the mountains before winter hits at the rate we are traveling. Our current answer to that is to stop making so many stops. We will assume we will pass this way again and only do the stops directly connected to traveling Route 66. No more history museums that are interesting but not relevant to THIS trip. So, today we drove into Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, but did not go to the Cowboy Hall of Fame, etc.
We did stop to take pictures of the Owl Court Motel and the milk bottle building since they are Route 66 icons. We didn’t get a picture of the Route 66 Bowl because it was not safe to stop on that busy road.
We did stop at WalMart to pick up things the last one was was out of.
And we stopped for lunch at Lee’s Sandwiches at 3300 Clausen Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Euro-Asian was accurate. You could buy cheese and pate’ and pastries or Spring Rolls and sushi or sandwiches made on freshly baked baguettes or croissants. You could buy a whole coconut that had it’s shell removed. You could buy a smoothie in avocado or mango or one of many other exotic flavors. Or cups of oriental vegetables. Or bags of Frito-Lay brand chips. I can’t imagine anyone going in here and not finding something they’d like to eat. No, I’m not going to tell you what we had. Go choose your own.
In Yukon, Oklahoma, we stopped to take pictures of Yukon’s Best Flour, another Route 66 icon. Here’s the best one we got.
In El Reno, Oklahoma, we went north on Highway 81 when 66 turned west so we could go to the Lucky Star Casino for a couple of nights. We are liking this free camping with water and electric hookups. We plan to stay here while Dave works on a computer project for the Escapees Class of ’08 and I do more research of what’s on down the road being careful to not keep adding things that are not Route 66 related.
TTYL,
Linda