Remember how well you slept at your grandma’s house becuase you had played non-stop with cousins all day? Well that’s how we slept at Grandma Holt’s house last night. Thankfully, we didn’t have to check out until 11am, and we took advantage of every second of that. We were finally all loaded at 10:47am, and headed out of Kansas and on our way to Oklahoma!

Southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma are F-L-A-T! And it is full of wind turbines… I bet those suckers were spinning like tops in that storm the other night!

WooHoo, a plaque! Although Kansas Plaques all seem to be made of wood. This one is regarding the Big and Little Basins located nearby. Both were created by sinkholes or sinks. The Little Basin contains a pool of water called St Jacob’s Well, which has never gone dry.

We made it! State # 37 – Okalahoma!

We traveled on and stopped for gas in the town of Laverne, OK. Home of the Tigers AND Miss America 1967 Jane Jayroe! 👑 I love that 56 years later, they are still so proud of Jane Jayroe ♥️ As I turned around, I realized that we had stopped at Fat Daddy’s Corner Store, and these silhouettes were the best 🤣

As we rolled on along, we found a Mom’s Cafe in Oklahoma 😀

Finally, as we neared Geary, Oklahoma, we jumped on the famous Route 66. Out first stop was for dessert at the Cherokee Travel Mart. The Neon sign and Teepee were the best. And the random artwork and signs along the road made the better as we searched for it.

We decided to add 20 minutes to see the campus of Oklahoma University. OU is a beautiful campus, with lots of history and stories.

One of our favorite statutes was the Selmon Brothers. The Selmon were a large family from Eufaula, Oklahoms who had 3 sons who came to play for the Oklahoma Sooners! All were All-American and all went on the play in the NFL. Definitely a proud mama and papa there!

We passed Moore, Oklahoma – home to Topy Keith (I feel like this will be a trivia question one day)

We arrived at our Airbinb for the night, and if Grandma Holt’s was every grandma’s house as a kid, this apartment would be the exact opposite! Modern sleek and spacious with its own a private patio on the roof. It is the entire second floor of a law office that we are guessing is used for clients, experts, Christmas parties or maybe just a secondary income source.

It is perfect for us, and we thoroughly enjoyed just sittting this afternoon.

We had a delicious dinner of homemade fajitas and then a few rounds of Garbage. We’ve been so sleepy we have yet to make it through an entire 10-rounds game. Thankfully they are starting to enjoy playing cards, Unfortunately, they are getting pretty good at winnng. 🤣

garbage pic

Tomorrow is a full day of Oklahoma City history and whitewater rafting and Riversports!