We’ve written before of visiting a small portion of historic Route 66 in Oklahoma. Extremely interesting to look back and remember the past – the 1930’s and 1940’s, when thousands of farmers migrated to the west, or the 1950’s and 60’s, when a TV show, “Route 66”, epitomized our romantic idea of traveling on The Mother Road, as John Steinbeck called it. Sometimes melancholy, we look at what was, and think of how time and “progress” moved away from the road, and its people.
A year ago, I visited Bristow for its “Route 66 Car, Truck, Bike, and Tractor Show” on Labor Day Weekend. Here is my post relating to that: “Route 66 Revisited”. The point of this rambling is that I returned again this year, Saturday, August 31. Here are some photographs from the visit. Hope you enjoy them.
69 Dodge Charger RT, restored to near-new
Hood of the 69 Dodge Charger, with Bristow’s Main Street in the background.
Another highly desirable car from the 60’s, the 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, and still highly desirable today!
Ford Model A. I thought it appropriate to have “Firehouse” in the background…
Cars and trucks from the 50’s and 60’s lined Bristow’s Main Street…
Side panel of a red 1966 Ford Mustang. Yes, I had one like it…
Well known along Route 66, the Rock Café in Stroud serves a great lunch.
Road Sign, welcoming travelers to the small town of Davenport, Oklahoma
If travel photography interests you, or if just sight-seeing travel is your thing, try to see what’s left before it’s gone – or replaced by new tourist attractions, in an imitation of what used to be…
Sony Alpha 77, Sony 16-50 lens, Tamron 70-300 lens
Millican Photography 