Day 7...June 5, 2009

Stayed the night in Shamrock. Click here for more Texas photos.

We barely make it across the Texas state line before dark.

Oklahoma sundown.

To my surprise Oklahoma was one of the highlights of the trip. I had no idea this state was so interesting and had so much to see. Beautiful too! I could spend several days here too. We passed through the hometowns of Mickey Mantle, Will Rogers, Roger Miller (King of the Road) and Sheb Wooley (Purple People Eater). We left a donation on the 'Shoe Tree' and saw neat 66 museums. There were more vintage cars here than anywhere else. Not just in the museums but on the road too. We visited the world's largest McDonald's and saw a Sears mail order house from 1913. Oklahoma has more of the original Route 66 (road and pavement) than any of the other states. There are several miles of 8 and 9 foot wide sections and we drove them all. Bridges, old cars, murals, perfect weather, good food, scenes from the Grapes of Wrath movie, scenes from the Cars movie, ghost towns, oil derricks, deserted roads, home to The Devil's Rope museum (world's largest collection of barbed wire and a variety of other things), dirt roads, cows, great scenery.....Oklahoma has it all. I want to go back! Please click here for more Oklahoma photos.
At this point I have lost all track of my mileage it's just a guess. Too many other things to do.

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