Got a really slow start to doing nothing… I didn’t get out and walk, didn’t go pull anymore of the fake rock stones out of my pile and just kinda wasted. Well not really. I had plans to get to OKC and pick up some things at Sam’s. I needed a new battery for my ham-shack. It helps backup power, smooth out the power supply power and gives enough current to run my winch when I let the tower down. I was all ready to let the tower down the other day but didn’t have a battery so thought that maybe the winch would not be powered enough to pull the tower back up so I left that out for now. So now I am getting some things ready and next calm or near calm day I may come down and do some antenna swaps.
Before we left I caught this little guy on the fountain rock… hope he knows that a lot of water comes up that hole and out? but not till way later this evening…
We left the house about 11:30 am today and took the back road to Edmond.. down Western Ave to the 33 café for lunch.
The lunch was ok, nice for an old style café…it’s located at the Perkins sale barn… I got the brisket and could of used a little more BBQ sauce but didn’t ask. The brisket was plenty tender and had a good flavor. The green bean were right out of the can and nothing special.. Should of gotten a picture? Sherrie had the blackened chicken wraps and she said they were really good. We may try the place again but not real sure as there are plenty of other place we have not been.
Across from the 33 Café is this “monuments place”… lot of junk but if you need some Hand seats for outside they got some…
From there we took 33 to Guthrie and then on to Edmond to pick up our stuff at Sam’s… With the new one way out on the north end of Edmond and on I-35 it is not all that far up there. After we got the stuff and I got my Commercial battery we decided to take a drive back via Route 66… nice drive… We did try to check out the RV parks at Arcadia lake but I wasn’t going to pay $7 to just drive through so we looped out and went on… Stopped at POPs for some refreshments…
I got a ….. Route 66 Root Beer…
But they have hundreds of different kinds…
There were a ton of people there today… packed to the gills and a big group of bikes were there?
That one didn’t look like a long haul bike to me… not too comfortable…
On down the road we stopped at the Round Barn and toured that … interesting…
And they hold function in the top loft…
There is also what appears to have been an attempt at an attraction, actually the sign said it was a bed and breakfast “Hillbillies”..? there in Arcadia as well but at present the only thing open is the Biker Leather shop on the end… no one at Doc’s or Kitty’s?
We got home and unloaded our loot and I did a little Radio… made a few contacts but not many…
Supper was a sandwich at home and a little time on the back deck… it seems we have a family of Geese again this year and I am not so sure they are not nested on the other side of my blackberry bushes… I had not been down to the pond since I last mowed there and that was over 2 weeks ago since we haven’t had rain, no need to do much mowing? Anyway they are out and moving around under the watchful eye of the older geese… and they don’t seem to be too scared of the dog or the cat? so far?
I also caught “Red” working on this hole in the tree, like it was full of bugs or something?
Later on I got back on the radio and chalked up another couple of contacts on 6meter… had a nice “E” opening this evening…
With that it is time to retire…
WD0AJG