TEXAS!
We left this morning with the sun rising in the mirror ready for a long day on the road. Our first stop was to be at Ft. Reno, an historic fort where there are a couple of cemeteries, one has POW's from WWII. Unfortunately, it doesn't open until later in the day on Sunday. Add to the list for the next trip.

Pony Bridge

Pony Bridge was next. This is an old Rte 66 Bridge in Oklahoma that crosses the Canadian River. it is unique in that it has 38 trusses. Pretty neat.

Soda Fountain

Then it was on to the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum. There are several Museums along the route but the 2 we saw today have been the best so far. The Oklahoma Museum has a lot of period memorabilia going back to the early part of the century and continuing to the present. Most of it is related to Oklahoma. They have a real soda fountain, old vehicles and a display on the original construction of the road including a horse drawn grader and a lot of the tools that were used. They are celebrating an anniversary so we got cake too.

The next Museum, The National Route 66 Museum was in Elk City Oklahoma this museum had some really nice vehicles from each period of the routes existence. It is set up to represent each of the 8 states that Route 66 travels through.

Mediocre Musicians

Our last stop in Oklahoma Was in Eric. This was an unbelievably surreal experience. Harley and Annabelle are the proprietors of the Sand Hills Curiosity shop. They greeted us in the street in their "Redneck tuxedoes",  red and white striped overalls and declared that we had arrived at the redneck capital of the world.  They bill themselves as the Mediocre Musicians and treated us to a concert after giving anyone who wanted one a beer. It was a hoot!

Then it was on to the Texas Border. One of the best parts of the trip today is that it was almost totally on the old road. There was only one stretch where we had to get onto the super slab. It was neat to travel through all of the towns along the way, most of which look as if they came straight out of the movie "The Last Picture Story". A lot of them have a one light main street and were left behind when the interstate was built. We even saw a couple of more buildings that were inspiration for the movie "Cars".
It was a tough day though because it was nearly 100 degrees and there was a really strong south wind. Since we were headed west, it was a lot of work to ride with the wind and everyone was really tired tonight.
Tomorrow we have another 300 mile day but we gain an hour as we head west and into Mountain time. Tomorrow's stop is in Albuquerque NM for a 2 day stop.