Route 66 Road Trip Day 3 - Oklahoma! Tulsa to Amarillo, TX

Day 3 of our journey brings us across the wide open plains of Oklahoma as we continue westward on the Mother Road - Route 66! The Sooner State is full of wonderful roadside oddities. My brother and I crossed into Oklahoma at sundown the previous night so we were unable to see some of these famous highway gems. Upon waking up at the Lincoln Motel in Chandler, OK we decided to backtrack east of Tulsa to experience these Mother Road Monuments for ourselves.

Oklahoma has some of the best folk art and roadside Goliaths in the USA. The towering Ed Galloway Totem Poles near Foyil, OK and the Blue Whale of Catoosa near Catoosa, OK are iconic stops along Route 66.

Route 66 in Oklahoma provides the perfect blend of urban cities passing through Tulsa and Oklahoma City and rural towns sprinkled across the wind swept prairies. At sundown we passed across the state border into Texas - the 5th state Route 66 traverses through.

I must say, gazing upon the neon lights of the old Conoco Tower Station was one of the most magical experiences of my life under the night sky in Shamrock, TX. Our final destination to end Day 3 on the Mother Road was in Amarillo, TX where we checked into the Big Texan Motel.

Route 66 Intro: 0:00
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park: 1:02
Blue Whale of Catoosa: 5:57
Golden Driller Statue: 15:08
Buck Atom's Cosmic Curios: 17:21
Howdy Burger in Tulsa: 21:46
East Meets West Route 66 Statue: 22:25
World's Tallest Gas Pump: 27:43
Arcadia Round Barn: 29:22
Pops 66 Soda Ranch: 35:27
Oklahoma City: 38:37
Twistex Memorial 2013 El Reno Tornado: 38:58
Pony Bridge: 43:37
Lucilles Roadhouse Mother of the Mother Road: 44:17
Grave of the Mother of the Mother Road: 47:10
Conoco Tower Station & U-Drop Inn Cafe: 49:30
Outro Song: 51:52

Opening Song - Route 66 Theme written and performed by me on my Stratocaster guitar

Closing Song - Under the Neon Light written and performed by me on my Stratocaster guitar