Day 7 - May 7 2010 - El Reno, OK to Elk City, OK
This day was to be our early start day, like get going at 7AM. Wrong - We left at 7AM to face 45 to 55MPH winds, got 16 miles West of El Reno and returned to the McDonald's as they have wifi so we can get weather forecasts and sat it out to 10:45am.
We decided to stay off I-40 and keep to old Route 66, as we could cope with the winds by keeping the speed down. We did spend considerable time at an old gas station on the route and purchased a considerable number of souvenirs.
We stopped at the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton, Ok was a fantastic stop. Wonderful displays, souvenirs (lots of souvenirs).
We stopped in Texola, OK, right on the boarder of TX and OK, Ben blow out the rear tire of his Motorcycle as we were leaving this ghost town. Having invested in every technology you can pack into a Motorcycle, I broke out my "stop N go" tire plug kit, found the hole and plugged it right on the spot. Used my $9.95 Canadian Tire 12v compressor to pump it up, so we could get out of Texola. Why you ask - 7 unsolved murders in the area one trunk of degenerates stopped and checkout our bikes, so we did not want to become #8 and #9, this place gave us a good scare!
Ben's bike was towed back 30miles to Elk City, and I drove back in the dusk to the motel, following "the hound" (Greyhound bus) for front end protection.
So now we are down for a few days, so if you followed us on SPOT you would see a return East bound, we are all OK, except Ben needs a new rear tire.
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