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skeleton
If you feel like visiting Blue Whale (Catoosa’s most famous landmark!) don’t forget to walk around a little bit to see the non-whale stuff. Like the ark*. Or the fiberglass things that may have been intended to look like mushrooms*, or this, uh, skeletal thing.
And definitely check out the restrooms.***
Catoosa, Oklahoma
photographed 4.5.2023
*Yes. An ark.
**They do not look like mushrooms.
***I’m not even kidding.
nine-foot road
I am going to guess that when you think about Route 66, it doesn’t look like this. I mean – there’s no fixed-up 1950s style diners, no quaint old gas stations, no official logo anywhere.
This is a relic of the road that’s known as the Sidewalk Highway because the main roadway was only nine feet wide. The author of the guidebook I’ve been using on this Route 66 adventure lamented the current road condition, saying it has “VERY ROUGH (rub-board) GRAVEL” (his emphasis*) and that it is only for the “die-hard.” But honestly, it didn’t seem that much worse than certain sections of the Oklahoma turnpikes that I paid actual money to drive on and that I am not at all bitter about.**
near Narcissa, Oklahoma
photographed 4.5.2023
*dramatic much?
**dramatic much?
chasing after every trend
A few years ago, on a really long road trip, I listened to some podcasts to pass the time. One of them was on the history of miniature golf courses; the hosts of the show said it was invented in order to keep the ladies off the “real” course at St. Andrews Golf Course, which of course everyone knows is THE golf course.
I am not real sure what the St. Andrews fellows thought they were protecting the course and/or the gals from, but what happened was that this new, simplified game took off and by the 1920s there were scaled down golf courses all over the place.
And that brings us to this out-of-commission miniature golf course on the edge of town.
Miami, Oklahoma
photographed 4.5.2023
tchoupitoulas street jogger
Well, first of all, it’s a whole lot of fun to say “Tchoupitoulas.” Try it.*
And second of all, if you need a delicious sandwich for lunch, you can stop by the St. James Cheese Company, right there at Tchoupitoulas and Girod.
And, finally, when you’re done with your sandwich you can sit and watch what ever is happening along the sidewalk. And maybe get a few photos while you’re at it.
Tchoupitoulas Street
New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 4.13.2023
*chaa·puh·too·luhs
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