Exploring Oklahoma

We went on one of our spontaneous trips again, this time to Oklahoma to explore Route 66. We had planned on going a few weeks ago but somehow didn't go, and this last weekend seemed like a good time.
This is the "mother road" .. the famous road between Chicago and California. When it was done in 1926 it was the only road in the country that went across country - even though it was only halfway across.
Driving must have been quiet an experience back then. It is interesting to look at some maps from that time and earlier. Some were not accurate, some were intentionally misleading and at times you could have maps that showed different things.
You may still drive on parts of the original 66. One part in northeast oklahoma, has the original surface from 1926. It is only 8 feet wide. I know cars were smaller then, but .. must have been interesting at times. Probably wasn't all that much traffic anyway. Other areas the strip is wider.  The road also took up trails and used them at times. The Ozark Trail was used in eastern Oklahoma.

The road follows what is now Interstate 40 a lot, but there are still those old areas where you can drive the original road. Some of the old hotels and restaurants are still around as well. Its not that hard to tell the difference between the real things and  those things that try to be real.
The road went through the very southeast corner of Kansas near Baxter Springs. We started there and went as far as Oklahoma City, which took three days.