Rt 66 Museum & More

Thursday – Elk City, OK
8:00am – Denny’s has Tabasco Sauce on the table! We are going to the Rt 66 museum after scooping out the Flamingo Inn for schwag (that’s Brenda’s word) and taking a photo in front of the old time gas station.
The Flamingo Inn was a bust – no café. But the Rt 66 Museum was awesome. Three mini museums on one property ~ Rt 66, Old Town, and The Farm & Ranch. We were less than thrilled with the gift shop but that is ok, its not like we haven’t spent money is every other state so far. The woman who rung us up was a bit “off” and was challenged by using a register.
The woman that greeted us at the Old Town museum was thrilled to see people and have a warm body to talk to. She was quite animated and had been working there for ages. Among many other things she swore that the inmate that came in to clean the bathrooms just sprayed Lysol in the air and left.
We got great footage of all the museums including a very informative tour of The Farm & Ranch museum. The gentleman giving that tour had a lot if interesting stories and personal notes to add to his tour.
We headed out of Elk City around 11am after cruising thru town on old Rt 66.
We stopped in Weatherford for a picture of the welcome sign for Candi’s grandmother. Then we sped on to Hydro to hunt down and old gas station. Once off the exit I blew thru a stop sign and nearly did it a second time on the way out.
We found the old time pump in front of a closed café. At least we got the picture. We stopped for gas at an Native American Trading post. After acquiring some souviners (aka junk) we hopped back on the road.
Around 200ish miles down the road Candi and I made the executive decision to stop at Sonic for drinks. It was a fabulous idea! We got yummy crème slushies in lime, watermelon, and blue coconut ~ tasty!
Back on the road I again discover that I am good for about 4 hours and then I have to get out of the car to move around and wake up. We stop at a “no facilities” rest stop, which equals a road that loops off Rt 40. After stretching Candi takes the helm.
As we make our way thru OK we pass thru many Native American Nations. Also trees have sprung up and we are thrilled to have more than a vast open plain to look at. It is a bit warm but fall is here and is coloring the leaves brown, red, and gold.
4:36pm – Approaching the AK border – picture time!
5:01 – AK is lush and green. We are starting to gain elevation again.
Car games – Mad Libs are still keeping us in stiches. Now it is time for “The first person to spot…” game.
Lake Dardanelle – very pretty and I managed to got some video footage of it between the trees.
Dinner is yummy and we are surprised to find ourselves in a dry county. All I wanted was some lime for my diet coke. The waiter was very nice and explained that there was no bar. I talked Alex into a Bison Burger so that I could have a bite. It was quiet good. Similar to beef, but leaner.
10:30 – We roll into a Ramada Inn for the night. Its off to Graceland in the morning.