Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 22:58:08 -0700
Reply-To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Road Trip
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There ARE campgrounds. What you need to look for are small towns with
water supply reservoirs. Most of them have campgrounds on the lake, small
fee, no competition. Unfortunately, my memory does not come up with the
specifics. I do know that near to Edmond, Oklahoma there is a reservoir
east of town with a state park on it. Also, Stillwater, Oklahoma has a
camp on Lake Carl Blackwell west of town. Guthrie, Oklahoma also has a
campground on a reservoir SW of town. Stillwater and Guthrie are not on
your route, but are not far off, either. Sorry I can't come up with the
names of the other two reservoirs right now. There are others. Route 66
of the era you are trying to stick to went through Edmond, and within a
mile of the reservoir (which was not there at the time, of course).
Arcadia, Oklahoma is on the route, and also on that reservoir. Arcadia has
some Route 66 "attractions," including an intriguing "round barn."
BTW, in Oklahoma City the Route 66 route changed all over the place, so
that maybe 3 dozen streets claim to be at least a part of Route 66.
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 9:36 PM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@verizon.net>
wrote:
>
> Route 66 cuts through a tiny corner of Kansas, and that's where those
> original vehicles are. One of them runs and can be hired out. Not only
> that, we met Dean "crazy legs" Walker, who was the inspiration for the
> crotchety old man in the flick. Diane and I have met so many folks and
> heard so many stories it's just amazing. All one has to do is stop, look
> and show some interest. Only problem is it takes forever to get anywhere.
> We are only in Chandler OK. Some of that is due to trying to stick to the
> old '26 to '32 route. Was on the Ozark Trail today. Bus is still running
> fine. We were warned to check everything every day, as we are now heading
> into the hottest part of our journey. Always open to someone close to Rt.
> 66 who might have a driveway. RV parks only thing along here. No
> campgrounds. Kinda slim pickins'. Place tonight, full utilities, no picnic
> table, only one person at a time in bathroom, quite large trailers on both
> sides of us. OTOH, parked in so we can see the pasture running to the
> horizon. Steer and bulls came by with their calves. some trying to get
> dinner from mom as they walked. We stood hand in hand watching the last
> orange light of the setting sun below the clouds, and the fireflies lit up
> the fields.
> Were having fun and haven't killed each other.
>
> Dave B. (and Diane)
>
> On 05/18/16, kenneth wilford (Van-Again)<kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> If you have ever watched the movie "Cars" with your kids, you will see
> where they got their inspiration. The producer was taking an RV trip with
> his kids down Route 66. Enjoy the journey!
>
>
> Ken
>
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:29 PM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> Hooray! We found a campground with internet. Modern technology today. On
> Rt. 66. Heading to Joplin tomorrow. I did some disaster relief work after
> the big tornado hit a few years back, and I would like to show the wife
> where I worked and see how things turned out. Some times it takes a long
> time to rebuild. The motherroad is quite a trip. Rt 66 has had many
> realignments that bypassed towns and small business that sprung up along
> the road to support the growing traffic. Those realignments often spelled
> disaster when the traffic dried up. We have been trying to stick to the
> older route and have seen turkey tracks in the then freshly poured
> concrete, the restored Gay Parita Sinclair station. and stayed in the Wagon
> Wheel Motel one rainy night. There is so much more, but we have to plan the
> next few days. The Bus is running well and are looking forward to more
> miles and many smiles.
>
>
>
> From the Road;
>
> Dave B..
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
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