Weekend Getaway

[BigBadBen]

Rhonda & I are going to get in a little weekend getaway this weekend, before school starts back.

We would like to find some cool place to visit here in the state.

Was thinking about a B&B, somewhere that has some nice attractions or events.

What would you fine folks suggest?
Doesnt have to be something exciting. We are looking for relaxing.

Ideas?


I'm looking into the Alabaster Caverns & Great Salt Plains. But not sure yet.

[BigBadBen]

Wednesday we are heading up to Freedom, OK, to stay at Cedar Canyon Logde. Were going to hit the Great Salt Plains, Alabaster Caverns & Gloss Mountains.

On the way home, we are going to take one of 2 routes.

Through Watonga to El Reno thru Chickasha, and on home.

or

Through Waynoka, Sieling, Clinton, Snyder, Lawton, and on home.


What are some cool stuff to see along those routes?
Roadside shops, must see places, hole in the wall eateries, etc.
Just neat slices of Americana, that would be fun to see on the way home?

[GoPokes83]

Clinton has the Route 66 museum, not that I've ever been.
http://www.route66.org/index2.html

[BigBadBen]

cool!

might have to check that out.

[bleedorange]

Clinton has the Route 66 museum, not that I've ever been.


I helped design it- I can vouch for it! :D

[legelegel]

http://www.route66.org/images/Museum%20Photos/index.html

[Erick]

Hey, watch out for rattle snakes at the Gloss Mountains this time of year!

I grew up just a little north east of there in Cleo.

[bleedorange]

What are some cool stuff to see along those routes?
Roadside shops, must see places, hole in the wall eateries, etc.
Just neat slices of Americana, that would be fun to see on the way home?

Here's a lot of the "Don't Miss" places.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/location/ok/all

Here's the map version:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/map/ok

[BigBadBen]

Cool, thanks.

I was on that site, but couldnt find that particular breakdown by city.

I dont think we will stop to see this:


http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tour/images/94/TXCANgirl.jpg
This concrete Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader once wore only boots, a hat, and a rope. Canadian, Texas

[legelegel]

Who named the Glass Mountains? Nobody knows. The name first appeared on a map issued by the federal land office in 1873. Two years later a map from this same source called them the Gloss Mountains, precipitating a conflict, which continues to this day. And it inspired a probable legend.

The 1873 map resulted from a survey led by an engineer named T.H. Barrett. Historiographer James Cloud is of the opinion that the draftsman who copied the 1873 map misread the "a" and thought it was an "o". There is a persistent legend that a member of that first exploring party was British, or Bostonian.

This Britisher (or Bostonian) awakening early one morning in the survey camp east of the mesas, saw the sun glinting on the selenite. He exclaimed in his long eastern patois, "Why, they look just like glaws!"

Thence, the party’s cartographer simply wrote down what he thought he had heard. It was a passing error. Glass was the right word for their name, and so it remains.http://www.okmajordev.org/gloss_mountain_page_2.htm

[legelegel]

I dont think we will stop to see this:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tour/images/94/TXCANgirl.jpg

This concrete Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader once wore only boots, a hat, and a rope. Canadian, Texas

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2221

[AnniePokely]

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/ok/OKCLImufind_carlson.jpg

If you see the big indian in Clinton (which used to be in El Reno when i was a young child) make sure you travel north away from him. Once you get about a block away, turn back and look at him. The thumb placement makes for some giggles...*L*

[BigBadBen]

legel, got a pic of this?

[legelegel]

I found these two. It's probably the last one.


http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4470/okoklindianschiavo.jpg (http://img32.imageshack.us/i/okoklindianschiavo.jpg/)

Clinton, Oklahoma - Cherokee Trading Post

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9396/okclimufindcarlson.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/okclimufindcarlson.jpg/)

Clinton, Oklahoma - Giant Indian

About 15 ft. high Indian made of fiberglass or plastic in front of David Howe Auto dealership on 4th Street, about half-way between I-40 and historic Route 66.

[AnniePokely]

The picture is on the link Bleed provided, under "Clinton"


It's the second indian in Legels picture.