With an early morning start I motored out of OKC and headed to Arcadia OK to see Pops Arcadia (a landmark diner & gas station with hundreds of sodas, a shop & a 66-ft.-tall soda bottle out front) and the Arcadia Round Barn (It was built by local farmer William Harrison Odor in 1898 using native bur oak boards soaked while green and forced into the curves needed for the walls and roof rafters).
Continuing on to Chandler OK to see – Seaba Filing Station — now a motorcycle museum, the Museum of Pioneer History, Lincoln Motel and Chandler Philips Station.
In Stroud OK we have the Skyliner Motel sign – the motel is still in business but a little iffy.
It was like travelling back to the 1890s, when Bristow OK originated near a railroad track between Sapulpa and Oklahoma City. At the recently restored Bristow Historical Depot and Town Square, I saw how the small town functioned back when cotton was king and the railroad was the main event. Gene Autry, once served as a telegrapher in this depot, formerly known as the Frisco Railway depot. Too bad the Trump organization is in such a decline here!
In Sapulpa OK I was able to drive over the Rock Creek Bridge. Of the great number of bridges built on Route 66, Bridge #18 at Rock Creek is one of the better examples of the remaining steel-truss bridges in Oklahoma. Truss bridges were developed in the mid-1800s and used extensively until World War II, when technology changed and more standardized concrete designs were developed. Right around the bend from the bridge is the Worlds Largest Gas Pump.
The Highlights of Tulsa OK – Route 66 Village, Route 66 Numbers 1,2,3, Meadow Gold Sign and The Blue Dome.
In Catoosa OK –The Blue Whale
For one of the strangest attractions on the trip I diverted from 66 to Chelsea OK and The Ed Galloway Totem Pole Park.
An finally, Miami OK and my last stop on the Mother Road – at least for this trip. The Gateway Sign and the Coleman Theater (The theater is a historic performance venue and movie house. Built in 1929 for George Coleman, a local mining magnate, it has a distinctive Mission Revival exterior, and an elaborate Louis XV interior – too bad it was closed and I could not view the interior).
On to Arkansas for the night – hopefully mid Tennessee Friday and Raleigh Saturday.
Travelling Photographer 
May 17, 2019 at 2:53 pm
What is the “Mother Road”??? Thanks for sharing!! AEGL
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May 18, 2019 at 6:09 pm
I’ve been following your route 66 posts. Very interesting since we went into some of those towns and pass more. Unfortunately we were headed home so we were on the 40. King back wish we had taken a different route. However we had a commitment in Fort Myers Florida so that was the route we took. Have a great time once you get to your home in Florida when you come back to California let’s get together
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May 25, 2019 at 11:40 am
Pete, Enjoyed all your travels along Rt 66. No pics after leaving the “Mother Road”? Have always enjoyed all your journeys and pics. Sure you must be with Chris for Memorial Day weekend. Please give her my love. Barb Caruso aka shortnurse!
On Fri, May 17, 2019, 6:59 AM Travelling Photographer wrote:
> peterskucmaphotography posted: “With an early morning start I motored out > of OKC and headed to Arcadia OK to see Pops Arcadia (a landmark diner & gas > station with hundreds of sodas, a shop & a 66-ft.-tall soda bottle out > front) and the Arcadia Round Barn (It was built by local f” >
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May 25, 2019 at 11:54 am
Only took pictures of my grand daughter at her soccer games last weekend. Caught up with Chis in Raleigh at Jason’s then she flew to Florida and I headed to the outer banks to catch up with some college buds for the week and have arrived in Florida today to spend the weekend and rest of the year with Chris.
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