The past week I’ve been walking the paved trails in Tulsa and suburbs checking out the condition of the pavement. INCOG (“Indian Nations Council of Governments”) asked trail users to participate so they can determine the condition of the various trails. INCOG is an agency that works with the various city and country governments on […]
Recently, I ventured up Route 66 from Tulsa to Foyil and then on Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park. The park was built by a retired shop teacher, Ed Galloway during the period 1937 to 1961. The signature piece is the 90 feet totem above. It is built of sandstone, with a concrete skin, reinforced with […]
Sunday, SuperPizzaBoy and I loaded up and headed up Route 66 northeast from Tulsa to the little town of Foyil, Oklahoma to check out the world’s largest concrete totem pole. The totem pole is 90 feet tall and is made of concrete over a metal and sandstone base. He started working on it in 1937 […]
Way back in 1977 when I graduated from college I bought this camera. It is a single lens reflex camera that uses the once popular 110 cartridge film: a Minolta 110 Zoom. I used it for a few years and moved onto other cameras. I always did like its funky shape and its “feel.” I’m […]
If you are looking for Fiddles the Totem Pole Park in Foyil, Oklahoma a few miles off Route 66 is the place to go. You will find not only the World’s Tallest (not) Totem Pole but a collection of fiddles carved by Ed Galloway, the guy who built the Totem Pole. And no, you can’t […]
The New Year is almost here. Have a happy and safe New Year’s Eve! Just before Christmas SuperPizzaBoy took a one day road trip. As previously reported we went to see the World’s Tallest Totem Pole. On the way back we stopped at the Blue Whale on Route 66 in the city of Catoosa. The […]
We have a male cat, LJ, about a year old. He is the bottom critter on the totem pole in the Yogi household. He is the only male animal we have and he struts around and tries to boss the ladies around but they ignore him. He tries to take one of them down every […]