16th September - We spent last night at the Trade Winds Motel in Clinton OK ...extremely dated and dowdy and we were very surprised to find out that Elvis also has stayed there. Not recently of course and I guess in it's hey day it was a bit more trendy. Didn't see any TV's with bullet holes in them and there wasn't a pink Cadillac in sight. It is, however, right over the road from the Route 66 museum.
Got and earlyish start and went straight to the Route 66 museum in Clinton Oklahoma. Really enjoyed it and it is all very well done. Bought lots of souveniers :) I saw a man with lots of badges on his hat and suggested he might like an Australian one to add to them. He gratefully accepted and bought me an American one....nice! His name is Glen and his wife is Cindi and they live in Wisconsin. We got chatting and they invited us to visit them....time may not permit but if it does we will certainly go see them...they were delightful people.
We drove off towards Oklahoma City stopping on the way to have breakfast/lunch at Lucille's Diner. Great food and really cheap. It was the sort of place you would expect the Happy Days cast to walk into - great decor.
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| Lucille's Diner |
The photo below will answer that age old question that's oft been asked..............................
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| Show me the way to Amarillo....wake up I'm chewing my pillow |
Still on the way to Oklahoma City we stop at Cherokee's Indian Trading Post - once again a mine of interesting bits and pieces and aretefacts and antiques and a very tall Indian.
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| I was a peeking!!! |
The rain started to come down more seriously as we headed off - NO! - there was no rain dance but I did look up his chaps *!* As we got into Oklahoma City - crazy drivers and lots of road work - a truck went by and threw up 4 million gallons of water right onto our windscreen. It gave us a hell of a fright.
We went to the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial and it was quite chilling seeing the photos and mementos there - 16 years after the event. The bombing claimed 168 lives including 19 children under 6. For each person there are empty chairs - small ones for the children and it is so sad. The site itself is eerily quiet in the midst of a busy city. 194.4 miles (313 kms) Bugs # 612
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| Empty chairs At Oklahoma Bombing Site |
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