We had a nice afternoon at the Route 66 museum. There were several buildings on site & each had a different exhibit in them. The first building was the only one that had Route 66 information. The museum had several visitors, many from other countries. There were some men speaking German and a family from New Zealand. We started off the tour with a 15 minute movie on the history of transportation & Route 66. Then we went to the first building that had the ...

Change of plans We planned out the next couple of days & realized that we couldn't see the Texas Play in Paula Duro Canyon. I had been looking forward to it. They don't perform the play on Mondays & that's the day we were passing through. Oklahoma City National Memorial We drove by the memorial in downtown Oklahoma City on our way out. The federal building had been demolished, but the entry stairways & underground parking garage remained. A park &...

Happy Fathers Day!   On Fathers Day we headed on to Tulsa. It was a 5 1/2 hr drive. On the way we stopped off at Dickey's Barbecue for lunch. Golden Driller   When we pulled into Tulsa we found the Golden Driller. It was interesting to see, but didn't take long.  Blue Whale Next up was the Blue Whale. This was off Route 66. It was built in the 1970's by a man for his wife on their 37th wedding anniversary. It was a swimming hole until 1988. To...