Where Are We Sleeping Tonight: Oklahoma City East KOA Woke up this morning feeling only slightly rested - considering the campsite is between the local airport and a train line, any sleep seems like a miracle! We headed out of Amarillo a tad to visit the Cadillac Ranch. It was interesting talking to a local who knew the owner who wanted it to be "public art - art for the people". It is so wonderfully different. The best bit is it looks like Alex is going to be proposed to in a couple of days...
From here it was time to drive to Oklahoma City on the world famous Route 66 - it was the only reason Oklahoma City made it on to our itinerary! I didn't realise that they put Interstate 40 on the top of Route 66, literally laying it over the old road in some places. In some places they have sections of it alongside the interstate which is good that they have kept parts of it for historical value. While we were driving I spotted a white cross in the distance... and we didn't seem to get closer to it for a while. All become clear when we reached the town of Groom, Texas and realised that is is a giant 19-story cross.
We did drive on the original Route 66 a couple of times when we visited a couple of towns, including the slightly scary McLean, Texas which is home to the Devil's Rope barbed wire museum!
After crossing the boarder into Oklahoma, we visited the Route 66 Museum in Elk City. It was interesting to see a bit of the history behind the legendary road. The museum was showing a documentary on the death of small town USA and Rout 66 because of the interstate - something we have seen first hand.
Driving on to Oklahoma City was unique - considering the roads looked like they had been damaged by an earthquake with major cracks, I am relieved that we got here in one piece.
The campsite reminds me of Bali - the bugs, the heat, the humidity - yet somehow we seem to be near a local airport and a somewhat busy road. I think someone at KOA has a warped sense of humour...
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