Shamrock, TX to Oklahoma City

We pulled out of the Lone Mound Ranch and picked up Route 66 in Shamrock. Our first stop was the Conoco Tower Station.  It is a beautiful vintage Art Deco inspired gas station. Next door is the U-Drop Inn Cafe.   Sadly it was closed, due to it being a Sunday in the "Bible Belt of America".

We continued on the Old Route 66 for 22 miles across the stateline and into Erick, OK. Our first brief stop was at Sam's Town.  It is an interesting collection of old Americana.

About a block off the main Route 66 in Erick, OK is The Sandhills Curiosity Shop. This is a 5-Star "Must Stop" and be sure to talk to the owner, Harley. He is an 80 year old man and it is really interesting to talking to him.  He was a traveling musician with his wife Annabelle and he has an amazing collection of memorabilia of every sort.  

We really wanted to visit the National Route 66 Museum in Elk City, OK as well as the Route 66 Museum in Clinton, OK.   Both are supposed to be excellent  and the one in Clinton is widely regarded as the best museum along the entire Route 66.  Unfortunately, we were there on a Sunday and both museums were closed.

We continued on to Weatherford and stopped for lunch at Lucille's Roadhouse.

After lunch, we looked for a campground and several we called were full for the NCAA Women's Softball Championships.   We finally got a space at the Council Road RV Park in Oklahoma City for tonight and tomorrow. 

Tucumcari to Shamrock, TX

We left Tucumcari and our first stop was only about 20 miles down the road to San Jon, NM.  The stop is the San Jon Yacht Club and the World's Largest Flip- Flop. It is just a quirky little fun stop if you're driving past.

After our quick stop in San Jon we crossed the state line into Texas and pulled over at the Midpoint Cafe in Adrian.  It is the exact midway point of Route 66 between Chicago and Santa Monica.  The cafe is small but a charming little place.  Next door is another place called the Dream Maker. It's just a collection of vintage Route 66 memorabilia.

We continued on to Vega, TX with the intention of visiting the Milburn-Price Culture Museum.  It is recommended and looks interesting through the door but unfortunately it was closed for the day.

We headed towards Amarillo to have lunch at the Big Texan Steakhouse.  About 4 or 5 miles before the restaurant we passed by the Cadillac Ranch which is a group of old Cadillacs buried nose first in the group and heavily spray painted with graffiti.   We didn't stop as we had seen them before when our kids were young.

The Steakhouse is famous for its 72oz. steaks.  If you eat the steak, three shrimp, a roll, salad, and a baked potato within one hour it is free otherwise it costs about $75.  We ordered steak but NOT the 72 ounce version.  Bill and I ended up taking half of ours home which will make a whole meal for us tomorrow.

On the way out of town we passed the huge cross in Groom, TX as well as the Leaning Tower of Texas which is a water tower built at a slant on purpose to draw attention. 

We started trying to find a campground for the evening and found most of them either completely full or with room for only one of our rigs.  Using the RV Overnight app I found space at a 420 acre working cattle ranch called Lone Mound Ranch outside of Shamrock, TX.  It was pretty cool to be camped in the edge of a huge pasture with cows off in the distance.  The ranch hand, LaVerne, and her daughter were very nice and directed us where to set up.  It was a great place to stay for one night, very quiet and relaxing. 

Tomorrow we will get into Oklahoma.