We left the Drury hotel around 8:30 AM and headed out for our 2nd leg of the trip. We continued to travel through Missouri and pictures below will show what some of the scenery of Missouri looked like. It took us approximately 4 hours to continue on until we finally reached Oklahoma.
At approximately 1:30 we finally crossed over the Oklahoma line. We didn't realize it but Route 66 travels along most of I 44 then I 40 which is what almost all of our trip will be on. Upon entering Oklahoma we saw several oil drilling machines, which would keep myself busy for most of the trip. I kept trying to get pictures of these oil drilling machines and to no avail everytime I would try to take a picture it would either pass me by or it would be too blurry. I think I did finally get one to come out towards almost the end of Oklahoma.
We ate our lunch at a Diner on Route 66 and only paid $2.92 for gas, the cheapest we've paid in several years. We both decided on the burgers and fries and they were ok. After driving through Oklahoma City we finally saw the windmills the western states are known for. These are some beautiful looking machinery.
We stopped for gas towards the Oklahoma/Texas border and I told Tim I wanted to get a picture of "those cows with the long horns." Tim laughed and said ," those are called steer with those long horns and that's why they call them 'Long horned Steer". I still called them a cow...LOL. It was funny because when I went over to take a picture of them, they all started to run away from me. I did manage to get in a couple good shots of them but all the while thinking to myself,"geez these things are that huge and they are scared of me?"
We ate our lunch at a Diner on Route 66 and only paid $2.92 for gas, the cheapest we've paid in several years. We both decided on the burgers and fries and they were ok. After driving through Oklahoma City we finally saw the windmills the western states are known for. These are some beautiful looking machinery.
We stopped for gas towards the Oklahoma/Texas border and I told Tim I wanted to get a picture of "those cows with the long horns." Tim laughed and said ," those are called steer with those long horns and that's why they call them 'Long horned Steer". I still called them a cow...LOL. It was funny because when I went over to take a picture of them, they all started to run away from me. I did manage to get in a couple good shots of them but all the while thinking to myself,"geez these things are that huge and they are scared of me?"
Another thing that I found hilarious while we were at this gas station was this dog. Which reminded me of a mini Chewbacca. For those of you that don't know what that is, I have included a picture for you to understand. It was so hilarious. I mean no disrespect though to anyone that owns this type of dog.
See the resemblance, LOL.....
For the night we stopped at a Motel on Route 66, called the Flamingo Inn. It was very retro that had a 50's/60's feel. It was pretty neat to know that we were staying in a hotel that many others before us also stayed at. It was in Elk City, Oklahoma. We decided that since Oklahoma doesn't really have a special dish like many of the other states that we would just do Chinese for the night. We ended up finding a Chinese Buffet that definitely hit the spot.
For the night we stopped at a Motel on Route 66, called the Flamingo Inn. It was very retro that had a 50's/60's feel. It was pretty neat to know that we were staying in a hotel that many others before us also stayed at. It was in Elk City, Oklahoma. We decided that since Oklahoma doesn't really have a special dish like many of the other states that we would just do Chinese for the night. We ended up finding a Chinese Buffet that definitely hit the spot.
