The view of OKC was perhaps not so photogenic, but we could see the tops of the taller buildings.
On the other side of the city, we started seeing interesting road signs and architecture, particularly passing through the remaining downtown sections of a number of small towns.
The more rural parts of old 66 basically follow highway 40, running alongside and at times close enough that we could see the interstate traffic just across the farmland. Oklahoma has been hot and dry so far this summer, like much of the southwest, so we even got to watch a dust devil spinning off in the distance.
The road is narrow and paved with a rosy concrete. The old bridges and service stations along this stretch are the main points of interest in our guidebook. One "camelback" bridge over a river valley is 3/4 of a mile long! We were keeping our eye out for Lucille's, a service station that was famous for it's hospitable proprietor. When we saw a similarly shaped-building we doubled back for a photo...
Only to realize a bit further down the road that the previous stop was another unnamed service station that had been converted into someone's house, when we found the real Lucille's!
In Weatherford, OK, an entrepreneur has recreated Lucille's into a restaurant, constructing a much larger-scale version of the building and adding dining rooms to either side (one side as a steakhouse, the other as a diner). This is where Mike and I stopped for supper on our way to our first overnight stop in Clinton, OK.
Clinton is the home of a Route 66 museum, so that is first up today. After that, we're on our way to Amarillo, TX for supper, then Tucumcari, NM to stay at a refurbished historic Route 66 road motel!
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