Of particular interest to history and old west buffs, along the western half of Oklahoma’s Route 66 trek three frontier jails from the late territorial days still stand. As I am working…
A few weeks ago, I discovered that one of the drive ins I was very excited to write about had been purchased, closed, and torn down…for a parking lot. The irony…
For all my romanticized prose about her, oftentimes traveling on what remains of 66 breaks my heart. Seeing the last remnants, dilapidated, renamed, partially hidden, like one of the classic cars…
Like previous posts (here), this entry is an edited excerpt from my road journal. Forgive in advance its erratic nature. Is the desire to go westward innate in Americans? Has…
As you travel along I-40 to the west of Oklahoma City, look north when you come upon the town of Hydro. Parallel to the interstate run the remains of…
In 1965 a teenage Tulsan began writing a book that would forever shine a glaring spotlight on the injustice of the haves and have nots in the teen hierarchy, a…
“What is a drive in?” E asked when she found out what our adventure for the evening would be. I tried to explain but the concept was a little too…
There are places in this world endued with magic. Some are imposing edifices, others are hardly trodden hinterland, but of the most magical to me are those places deeply woven…
Early pink tinted light was just beginning to pour into the room when I rolled over and stared at the glowing face of the clock. 6:37 am. I wanted to…
Through my open window comes the sound of a not too distant train, close enough I can hear its rumble as well as its horns, the first in a steady series of trains…
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