We got a slow start today but made the most of it. Since it was cloudy and still not dry enough to work in the yard and I didn’t want to set in front of the TV all day or do nothing… I suggested a road trip. We hadn’t been on the section of Route 66 between Chandler and Bristow… at least not in a very long time, so that was the plan. We made a run to the donut shop for a jalapeno sausage thing and then back to gather up and out we went… Headed out east to highway 108 then south to see where the Cimarron river was… it was down a lot, but could.d see where it had been out of the banks north of Ripley… On that road south I grabbed these shots…
Yep I am amazed at old barns that are being neglected… lot of work went into putting them up and now… most are like this… neglected… although did get this one
north of the town of Agra… damn big barn? not sure what it will be used for but could have a rodeo in there and maybe a fair as well?
I also collect pictures of Murals… seems to be a bunch around here… In Agra…
As we moved on down to Chandler… saw this on a neat little ranch…
Wonder if they are set up for visitors or just a collection to save them? Appears to be power out there?
Coming into Chandler…
The Lego built mail box…
Of course there lots of old houses around but this one was a bit unique…
Not sure what is on the top… covered up? Anti-aircraft gun or Alien signal machine (explained later)?
This shows the age of the house… tie posts for the horses and stepping block for the buggy… now that is old… even I haven’t been in a buggy… that I remember…
On around the corner…
Hummm, there is a historic St cloud Hotel in Canon City, CO… wonder if they know they have a sister?
Next up is Davenport and the historic brick streets…
But they got murals too….
Then on to Stroud… and the welcome sign there????
And it was busy too!…
But for those in the RV mode… I found this Classic RV… needs a little tender loving care but … has possibilities…
Of course it is on the other side of the Alien landing field…
By the time we got through most of Stroud, we came on the Rock Café and just had to stop in… there was a group of old cars… missed the shot of the 64 impala convertible but it was cherry… and a couple of old pickups… Also some bikers were stopped but not the same groups that were in Texas…
Our meals must have been good as mine talked to me all the rest of the day… ?
One thing I can agree with is their motto…
yep, sure do agree… well at least I think I do???
Just a bit further down the road from Stroud I saw the sign for the Biker Rally and RV campground… I had seen it advertised in plenty of things so figured to stop by and check out the RV park as they do have some music shows there… on entry??? 
Wondered why they had a 9ft tall metal fence all the way around the place??? but I am sure it doesn’t offend me but would think that if I joined it might offed many of the patrons…?
The park was nice… not spectacular but was very large, had many amenities, like this
and the huge stage… that we drove through the end of? hum? I didn’t get many pics here as I didn’t want to offend… although it was cold and we didn’t see anyone with out the proper attire…
Next down the road is a almost forgotten town of Depew…
main street was pretty deserted and this guy was snoozing it off as well…
Next up was Bristow… Halliburton had a facility there way back… but closed that down early 90’s… silly, as there is still a lot of oil-field activity out there… was just slow back then… ha! Anyway, We saw several interesting things…
The really small building behind things…
We got out for some exercise and visited this multi faceted Jun-Q-E (junk) store…
They had a Christmas room… a ??? just old stuff room with some old treadle sewing machines and the main 4 rooms up front with one being filled with old linen and various other things… and two old antiques walking in and out of the rooms.
Up the street I saw the “Wholesale Used Car dealer” … that was the sign honest but this was what was in side…
Along with various other newer cars and a great old pickup…
Difficult to get pictures through the glass doors… but they were a pretty nice collection…
Around the corner we spotted a big sign… suppose they had to put up the huge tower to attract attention as this place didn’t get on main street…
And, there are a lot of good and bad oil companies out there but this????
Yep, pronounce that with phonetics…
We left Bristow after getting a iced teat at McD’s and headed home… made a quick stop at the Tidewater winery as they were having some function… and lot of booths set up out front… so why not… Sherrie run into some people she knew and they were headed to the Steak house next door… we may have to try that as the lot was full and it doesn’t look like much but must be pretty good to draw that kind of crowd…
We moseyed on into Stillwater and stopped to get some ice cream at Braums… needed some French Vanilla to go with the big tray of fresh strawberries we got this morning at the store… they just looked good and with some ice cream they were dinner… helped to calm the lunch that never set… and now… I have some BIG beers to empty so I can get back to the air plane… ha!
Todays tracked route… via APRS…
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