Route 66 Charity Bike Ride, Day 17 by Bryan Patterson June 30, 2015
- Still a rest day, which was a good thing, as tomorrow we would be
riding a tough 60+ miles to Stroud Lake mid-way to Tulsa, camping there
and then hoping to get into Tulsa on the next afternoon which again is
somewhere in the region of 60+ miles.
Right now we had to collect a cell phone at the World renowned Will Rogers Airport, from American Airlines lost luggage.
We made the airport and found the lost luggage department, but no one
could help, so up to the ticketing desk to ask there. Meanwhile James
had texted that he had talked with an Eric of AA who would be able to
help, and sure enough he did. The phone plus charger was found and
would be exchanged for the Hualapei rock that James had inadvertently
taken back to NYC and which was really Lill Missy’s. She was real mad!
Curiously enough I didn’t see any World Cities on the arrivals or
departures boards in the airport – interesting!
Now to get the bike from big Louis at THE Bike Shop. He had done a
terrific job and the wheel was good to go plus he had adjusted the gear
shift and said that this would make it easier to change gear and maybe
get to Chicago faster – not sure about the last part!!
A quick pit stop for coffee and cold drinks for myself Giselle and
Sidd. This particular street had been a real auto sales street many
years ago, and one of the interesting features was there were plaques
in the sidewalk saying Automobile Alley. One of these said “Clyde
Barrow of Bonnie and Clyde fame wrote a letter to Henry Ford in April
1934 saying that….”For sustained speed and freedom from trouble the
Ford has every other car skinned, and even if my business hasn’t been
strictly legal it don’t hurt anything to tell you what a fine car you
got in the V8”. Maybe we need V8 rather than bikes?
Finally we picked up some organic food from a wonderful deli that we
stumbled across while driving back to Oklahoma East camp site. Looking
forward to the meal later.
A good dinner and an early night as we now had all the bikes ready and
we all wanted to get back in the saddle, on the road and along Route
66. Interestingly the camp site had two tornado shelters which were dug
into the ground with only air funnels showing. Thankfully no tornadoes!!
