{"id":1470,"date":"2010-02-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2014-06-15T05:09:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:09:32","slug":"my-world-route-66-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1470","title":{"rendered":"My World – Route 66 Road Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I ventured down to Oklahoma City for an industry meeting at the Oklahoma History Center<\/a>.  If you find yourself with some time in Oklahoma City, check it out. Its right near the State Capitol Building. I love this sculpture by Allan Houser at the entrance.<\/p>\n

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I decided to take a section of Route 66 back to Tulsa and see if I could find some geocaches<\/a> on the way.<\/p>\n

I passed Pop’s Restaurant on the way. It is gas station, diner, and soda pop stand on the the highway. It hasn’t been around that long but is an attraction in its own right.<\/p>\n

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The giant soda bottle has a microcache on it somewhere. This is the second time I have looked for it but darned if I can find it. Pop’s claim to fame is that huge variety of soda pop they carry. Last time I was there I say flavors I hadn’t seen when I was a kid. I was not in a mood for cold sugary refreshment this time so just gassed up my car and got on my way.<\/p>\n

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One of the interesting things about Route 66 is that it is not just one route. The road was constantly rerouted, improved on, and bypassed. Many of these old sections are now county roads and private driveways such as the above section. It is now a private drive to a farm. They owners put a geocache near the section and invite people to drive down the road to find it. Notice how narrow the road is. I felt the ghosts of a lot of cars driving by. Hardly anybody goes by now, just nerds with the GPS receivers looking for tupperware. Notice my cachemobile. I love my license plates on it. Some think I’m condemned to the furthest reaches of hell for them.<\/p>\n

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Here is another old section of route 66. I just couldn’t not go down that road. I’m not very linear on my planning. I mean I have a general plan but that is just something that gets you going in a particular direction.<\/p>\n

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You see why they call this “Red Dirty Country?” There was a cache down at the end of the road. So I had to go, yep, had to. Really.<\/p>\n

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On the trail at Chandler Lake looking for caches. Got my dress shoes and slacks muddy. It was worth it. I found a couple of caches that hadn’t been found since late last summer. I love that kind of thing<\/p>\n

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Nice place for an ammo box geocache, or a snake, or both. Happens, but not too much in February. No ticks either. Winter geocaching has a lot going for it.<\/p>\n

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Lake Chandler was beautiful and I appeared to be the only one there. <\/p>\n

So the tally for the day was 11 geocaches found, lots of trees, rocks, roads and trails explored, got the car, my shoes, and slacks coated with red clay and I had lots of fun. Got home in time for dinner.<\/p>\n

For photographs from all over the world check out That’s My World<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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