Get Your Kicks on Route 66- Frontier Country, OK

We enjoyed our first Thanksgiving in Enid, OK.  We woke up to rain which dampened our annual Turner Turkey Trot.  Pants, Josh, and I braved the weather and enjoyed the trail by the fields behind our neighborhood.  We liked watching all the geese hanging out there.  

After we had our Thanksgiving lunch.  It was tasty and filled with our favorite recipes since I got to pick the menu.

Then we hit the road to chase adventure on Route 66, Frontier Country stretch of OK.  We visited the Cherokee Trading Post in Calumet, OK.  It was full of American Indian art, décor, and clothing.  Some of the pottery was amazing.  There was a lot to peruse.  

Next, we went to El Reno to see the massive Route 66 trademark.  El Reno really played up the Route 66 status with lots of cool murals and signage.  

Then we traveled to Oklahoma City where we saw the famous Gold Dome Building and the Milk Bottle Grocery, both on the historical registry.  We spent the night outside of OKC in an Air B and B. 

We hit to road the next morning to POPS in Arcadia, OK.  It is a gas station, restaurant, and convenience store.  There is a huge soda bottle in neon in front of the store and inside rows and rows of soda bottles categorized by color.  We each picked some unique sodas: Golden Ginger Beer, Rocky Mountain Root Beer, Chocolate Soda, Cotton Candy, Cream Soda, and Blue Cream Soda.  The kids also liked picking out of the penny candy bins.  

Our next spot was house decorated with miniatures of oddities found on Route 66.  

We stopped at the Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum which has been around since 1921.  It is filled with over 65 vintage motorcycles including a hydra motorcycle ridden in Captain America. 

Our last stop was in Stroud, OK where we saw an Alien Landing Yard oddity off the side of the road and went to eat at the Rock Café.  The owner of Rock Café inspired the character of Sally in Cars.  We had a great meal and friendly service.   What a fun adventure!  On our list next is the Green Country and Great Plains Country sections of the Mother Road.