{"id":14534,"date":"2023-06-15T13:19:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T18:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14534"},"modified":"2023-06-15T13:22:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T18:22:06","slug":"suburban-adventuring-to-stokely-event-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14534","title":{"rendered":"Suburban Adventuring to Stokely Event Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Last week, son had a meeting to attend at our church. I’m always looking for a side trip for such things. There was an urban bike trail I wanted to explore and it was adjacent to where he was meeting. So I took my back and saddled up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First part of the trail was nice. Nice and wide, protected from traffic and in good shape. (Sorry about the photo quality, I was using my generic go pro mounted on my bike and it was taking a photo every ten seconds.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That lasted about a mile and then…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On to a sidewalk for me. Bicyclists are not suppose to ride on sidewalks but nobody else was using them so why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Got to a place where I could cross the busy highway. It took about five to ten minutes for a big enough gap opened up where I could get across the street safely. On the return trip I used a crosswalk at an intersection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was in a commercial area for most of the rest of the trip. I was marked as a bike route along with lots of helpful, but ignored, “Share the Road” signs. Actually everybody was pretty nice about it and gave me plenty of room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then back on a trail. There is an outdoor advertising company that owns an event center, Stokely Event Center<\/a>. At the event center they have all sorts of vintage outdoor signs. Inside they have lots of neon signs. We have been to several events there and they do a great job. Very good hosts who are generous of the time and amenities that they provide. No nickel and diming. Check the link above. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They have huge billboards with painted replicas of old signs from Tulsa’s past. The billboards front a freeway intersection but you can’t really study them ripping by at 65 mph. The bike trail I was on also fronts them so I was able to go and check them out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That was the whole purpose of my trip. Oh I could have driven and parked closer and walked on the trail but that’s no fun!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mission accomplished. So I just turned around and went back in time to pick up the kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is a map of my route. I learned a bunch for next time, except there probably will not be a next time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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