On to OHHHHHklaaahoma

Route 66 Stroud, Oklahoma

We had very nice sleep in a very nice hotel in Topeka, KS last night... then we got up after a nice continental breakfast and drove on down the turnpike through Kanas, and into Oklahoma. Our destination this time was Stillwater to meet up with Laurie Kemp and her cousin Dee. It was really weird to see the way the tree tops had been broken off. I supposed there had been a storm come through, and it broke off many of the tree tops. It didn't take down whole trees, just the tops. Almost like they'd been chain sawed off at 15' above ground.

A neat twist for dinner: Last winter I got hooked on a Food channel show called Diners, Drive Ins and Dives, and one of the places that they showcased a month or so ago was The Rock Cafe on Rte 66 in Stoud, OK. It was used as inspirational material for the disney Pixar movie, Cars. (my favorite animated movie) It turned out that it was only a 40 minute drive from Dee's house. So we loaded up and all went down there tonight for dinner... and it was wonderful. I had their Jagersnitzal & Spaeztle with fried green tomatoes just as they had showcased on the TV show with Guy. The Jager is like a spicy German chicken fried steak. It was to die for. the soda pop was served in retro-glass bottles and the quaint Rte 66 and 1950's ambiance to the place was really cool too. They even provided you with a Sharpie marker to leave your personalization on the bathroom wall.