As we continue our tour of Route 66, I would like to remind you to please keep your arms and legs inside the tour bus at all times. Thank you...
As you recall from my last post, we were in Foyil, OK at the Totem Pole Park. As we leave the area, we pass by this quaint little cafe...I just LOVE the "General Store" look of the place! Isn't the Coca Cola Cooler to die for? We'll stop here for a bite to eat and then continue our bus journey.
Our next stop is at a little "wide spot in the road" called Seaba, OK, home of the Seaba Station and Gift Shop. Imagine our surprise as we realize the place is not open for business...in fact, construction is not even completed yet!
The Route 66 Tour Manual mentions the station as though it is up and running...but alas, we found instead a halted construction site...without anything that resembled the promise of a Grand Opening. Boo. Bummer. Of course, inquiring minds (including the mind of the tour guide) want to know, "What happened?" Run out of money? Time? Both? Is the area economically devastated? Did the town lose a major industry and employer? Questions. Questions. And no one available to answer them. We must draw our own conclusions and move on...but this will bug me until I can do some online research...
Our next stop is a rather odd one (for me anyway), The Farm and Ranch Museum. "WHY OH WHY", you ask, "would you go to a farm and ranch museum?" Well, because it's on the route. AND because I have some kind of abnormal attraction to big red barns set against a shock of blue sky...I have taken a jillion pictures of such barns, which offers no real asthetic value except that they are a) red and b) old. I like both.
Our next stop is a rather odd one (for me anyway), The Farm and Ranch Museum. "WHY OH WHY", you ask, "would you go to a farm and ranch museum?" Well, because it's on the route. AND because I have some kind of abnormal attraction to big red barns set against a shock of blue sky...I have taken a jillion pictures of such barns, which offers no real asthetic value except that they are a) red and b) old. I like both.
Imagine my joy, my bliss when I saw THIS:
I just LOVE the old wind/water generators...they are such an iconic expression of the old western plains...my mind goes back to dust bowls, farming during the Great Depression, and important places in our history. I spent our entire trip trying to catch "THE" iconic photograph of a generator in a field with cattle. Did I manage to capture the moment? You'll have to stay tuned to find out! lol
Much to our glee, dear traveler, after spending time perusing the farm implements and generators, we walk across a replica of a rickety old bridge and we discover...
An entire farming community! THIS was part of the museum! Join me and be transported back to the old west...
Each little shop window was filled with furniture appropriate to the era, and all other kinds of merchandise and goodies...the Trading Post was a restaurant as well as a gift shop...truly a piece of Americana.
Tomorrow you'll board the bus and be taken to:
in Oklahoma City...however, there WILL of course be several stops along the way! See you on the bus bright and early tomorrow morning!
Hugs and kisses,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Tour Guide,
Paula Clare
Much to our glee, dear traveler, after spending time perusing the farm implements and generators, we walk across a replica of a rickety old bridge and we discover...
An entire farming community! THIS was part of the museum! Join me and be transported back to the old west...
Each little shop window was filled with furniture appropriate to the era, and all other kinds of merchandise and goodies...the Trading Post was a restaurant as well as a gift shop...truly a piece of Americana.
Tomorrow you'll board the bus and be taken to:
in Oklahoma City...however, there WILL of course be several stops along the way! See you on the bus bright and early tomorrow morning!
Hugs and kisses,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Tour Guide,
Paula Clare
