{"id":13324,"date":"2021-05-13T13:14:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=13324"},"modified":"2021-05-13T13:14:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:14:18","slug":"bicycle-riding-the-osage-prairie-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=13324","title":{"rendered":"Bicycle Riding the Osage Prairie Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wednesday morning I loaded up the bike and drove to Skiatook about a half hour so north from Tulsa. There is a north south rails to trail called the Osage Prairie Trail<\/a> that runs from just north of downtown Tulsa to a couple miles north of Skiatook. I always ride from the north end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was in the high 50’s when I started out with a pretty good breeze. I am glad that I brought a jacket. I started out going out and back the two mile segment north of Skiatook. It is a lot easier than what it used to be because their is now a pedestrian crossing with a light. Getting run over would ruin my whole day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Very soon I was in some nice counryside, woods and meadows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And some swamps. You can tell it has been raining here lately. There are several geocaches along the route and a few I have not found yet. I am not really wanting to wade in shin deep water to find them though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lots of cattle grazing on the route. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I loved the high thin clouds. After a short while it warmed up enough and I took my jacket off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I think northeastern Oklahoma, this is the kind of scene I think about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The right of way for the trail is that of the old Midland Valley Railroad which was constructed early in the early 1900’s. It reached down into the oilfields around Tulsa and prospered for a while. They languished during the Depression. The railroad no longer exists. This is one of the original bridges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I passed through the little town of Sperry and stopped at and old gas station what was used for filming a scene from the move “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. They shot at locations all over the Tulsa area and I have tracked down many of them along with the new Outsiders Museum here in Tulsa. Check it out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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