We are now in Texas. Well we really did not plan on being in Texas, we were going to stay in Oklahoma but we couldn't find a hotel in the small towns we were in. So we crossed the Texas boarder to Shamrock. We were getting nervous since there are no billboards on the road in Texas but we finally found a Sleep Inn, only 2 months old so it is very very nice. Flat screen TV's and very lovely rooms. So we lucked out. Maybe we should look for a room earlier in the future, or.........not. 
We had a lot of distractions today. We went to El Reno where we saw some lovely old buildings and interesting antiques, like this stove. NOTE the name on the stove is HAZEL....go figure! Then Penny and I saw this collection of "Irons" hundreds of them, we are not sure what you do with them but they were kind of cool.
We found this interesting place to eat, if you go through El Reno's try it out! The name says it all!!!
We spent a lot of time on the original Route 66 today. It was great we discovered so many things. Can you guess how fast Baby could go on this long straight stretch of road? There was LOTS of it. The best parts of Route 66 are on this part of the trip so far......very straight, lots of hills, bridges and scenery. Notice how red the the pond is or how steep the bank of this river is. As I said, we are so easily distracted along this stretch of highway.
We found more GIANTS today! Giant Kachinas and Giant Indians.
And here is one of my favorite photos, it is a collection of windmills.
Tomorrow we start across Texas! I am very excited about Texas and look forward to some BIG adventures as we cross the pan handle.
Getting our Kicks on Route 66
Hazel M. Walker
Queen of the Road
2 comments:
They say everything is bigger in Texas.
Look at all the giant statues! I love the collection of windmills and the green Hazel stove!
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