Day 2 Oklahoma and Texas

We started the morning at the Stafford Air and Space Museum. I have been to several air and space museums with Greg being retired Air Force but this one was really good. Seems Thomas Stafford from Weatherford, Oklahoma was one of the Apollo and Gemini Astronauts. I believe he saved everything he ever touched, but it made for a really interesting museum.


Greg really got into all the planes and Air Force and enjoyed telling me all about it!



  And then I had some fun with the props they had available. Haven’t you ever wanted to be an astronaut? For a minute I was!


We left Weatherford and proceeded along Route 66 {the best we could}.


Our next stop was the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton, Oklahoma.





This museum was a lot of fun. It covered Route 66 through the decades. You move from room to room – decade to decade, including everything from cars to music.

The receptionist here recommended Jiggs Barbeque as an authentic unique Route 66 roadside stop. So off we go to find Jiggs.

    We found it and the special of the day was ribs! Two plates with trimmings and drinks! We should have shared. Most of this ended up in a to go box and was given to a homeless man. I told Greg we needed to have found someone in need with a dog so the dog could have enjoyed the bones. Maybe he had a dog somewhere. Totally stuffed we headed west to see what was next.
Signs along the way told us that the National Route 66 Musuem is just ahead in Elk City, who knew…we thought we had went to the Route 66 Museum. Seems there is just about one Route 66 museum in every town. Not to be left out we head to the National Museum. Wow it was really nice, not only did it cover Route 66 but the National Transportation Museum, Old Town Museum, Farm and Ranch Museum and a Blacksmith Musuem. Glad it was this big because we defiantly needed to do some walking off of lunch.











The detail that was taken in setting up this village was awesome. Come to find out Jiggs of the barbeque place back up the road, well he was a rodeo champion and one of the founders of the National Rodeo Association. Who Knew!

Back on the road and heading to Texas, Oklahoma in our rearview mirror.


Nothing for a far as you can see. I have officially seen the Prairie now! Makes you wonder how they (the pioneers in covered wagons) did this. You know it took them forever to cross these prairies and not knowing how long it would take….this would drive me crazy! Good thing we had a GPS that would tell us exactly when we would arrive where!
Amarillo, Texas

We are staying at the Big Texan Motel. Yes, another iconic Route 66 stop along the way! The Receptionist was very sweet and cute. She asked if we had a horse that we needed to keep in a stall! I told her I had a husband, would that work? She infomed me that only horses could stay in the Horse Hotel. I told her that was fine because he was a horse’s ass sometimes! She said you wouldn’t believe how many times women have tried to send their husbands to the horse barn! Well if the horse barn is comparable to our “barn” I wouldn’t mind staying there myself.




Rough wood walls, rustic furniture, suede bedspreads, and wooden shutters on the windows. Every aspect of the place was “westernized”. I loved all the special touches that were added.
Across the parking lot was the Big Texas Steakhouse. So after wondering around town a bit we moseyed on over to the kitchen for some vitals!

  After all that food and our full day, my partner and I decided to throw in the blanket and call it a day.