When we left Tulsa for Stroud, OK and Oklahoma City, OK this morning, the sky was gray and filled with heavy clouds. Rain was once again in the forecast, so Bill decided to cover the bikes. He used a different pattern for wrapping the ropes around the bikes, and we used bungee cords to hold the bottom of the cover together. It looks ugly, but, it WORKED!!!
Our stop in Stroud included a visit to the Stroud Cemetery, to the final resting place for Grandmother and Granddaddy Browers, Aunt Janie (Sowards), Aunt Dollie (Womack), Uncle Jack Mercer and their infant daughter Jacklyn Bee Mercer. As he had done after visiting the Tahlequah Cemetery, Bill remembered and shared stories of these family members.
Before leaving Stroud, we drove down Main Street to the Rock Cafe, a historic restaurant on US Route 66. Built in 1936, the cafe opened in 1939. Extensive repairs were completed after a fire in 2008, and the cafe was reopened in 2009. Rock Cafe proprietor Dawn Welch, a long-time promoter of US Route 66 in Oklahoma, is the basis for the animated character, Sally Carrera, in the Pixar film CARS. We enjoyed delicious hamburgers cooked on “Betsy, The Indestructible Grill.”
From Stroud we journed on to Oklahoma City, OK. After we checked in to our hotel, we met cousin Paul (Mercer) and his wife Lou Anne. As it had been with Debbie the night before, the conversation was lively and filled with memories and stories of experiences in Oklahoma. We look forward to seeing Paul and Lou Anne again at the Browers Family Reunion in Indiana next month.
50-in-50 Challenge 