I was up and out early today. There were two places I wanted to stop today, and wanted to make sure that I was able to take what time I wanted at each, so I was rolling out of Woodward at 0600. I started the day on the western end of the central time zone, so sunrise wasn't until about 1.5 hours after I started the day - but it was worth it!
I am not really sure what the landscape looked like for the first part of the ride, but there were HUNDREDS of wind turbines. Oklahoma is really cashing in on this technology.
Just outside of Oklahoma City, I turned on to Route 66 - it wouldn't be a motorcycle trip without hitting The Mother Road, so I had to do it. I took it a good bit of the way into the city.
The first stop of the day was at the Oklahoma City National Memorial (click for more). I had not been able to see this the last time I was here, so I wanted to make sure I saw it this time - well worth the visit. The memorial is on the site of the Murrah Building - they have even left some of the original foundation intact.
Each one of the chairs in the memorial is in remembrance of every life lost in the bombing. People who were killed for no other reason than they went to work that day. The smaller chairs represent each one of the children that were killed in the onsite daycare.
This memorial is very well done, and I am really glad that I took the time to stop and see it. I would like to come back at night sometime as the photos of it lit up are really beautiful.
The next stop of the day was at the Seba Station Motorcycle Museum (click for more). My friend Bill had found this on a cross country trip a few years ago and told me that if I was nearby, it was well worth the stop. The building is an old gas station along Route 66 that was originally built in 1921 and owned by the Seba family. The building was restored and turned into the motorcycle museum in 2010. It is small, but they have an impressive collection of bikes.
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They even have 2 bikes that have never been removed from the crates - this is something I don't understand. Motorcycles are made to be ridden. If they don't want to uncrate them, give them to me! I'll do it!
After the museum there was nothing but miles to get to the stopping point for the day. I was on the interstate when I crossed the state line into Arkansas, so I had to settle with the sign from the welcome center.
Today was an absolutely beautiful day to be on the motorcycle - warm temperatures and bright sunny skies!
Today's miles - 389 (626 km)
Total miles - 6485 (10487 km)
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