Day 5...


I woke up in Texas this morning at the Horse hotel and seeing there was real horses in pens out the back i went out to say hello. there was no-one around so i went in and a few of the horses whinnyied a bit, i guess they were saying "mornin" too.

There was a bit of a thunderstorm last night so there was water everywhere,
I checked out and went over to the Big Texan for breakfast.
It was a mighty breakfast too! A buffet thingy so you could have whatever you wanted, and the plates are about the size of cartwheels.
the Cheery old waitress came over and said "How y'allbin this mornain? even though theres only one of me.
She said, 'WAYell if ya need any HAYulp, ahl be just over Heyur.

So ah went to GEYut me some CAWfeee and Aigs before ah left Texus. (no tea unfortunately!)

So off i head then and my first stop off was a place called 'Shamrock'. So i had to stop there really.
Theres a place in the middle of town called 'U drop Inn' that has these old-style gas pumps all refurbished and really work!
there was lots of Irishy sounding places and pictures of shamrocks in garages and windows, it was very quiet though, I saw a field which had a sign "irish field" by it and there was one bockedy-looking goalpost.
So im not sure if they brought the whole field from Ireland or if it was always there.
Is anyone missing a field from Ireland????

Anyway then i crossed onto Oklahoma,
And i had read about a curiosity shoppe in a place called Erick so i went there.

This is where i met some real nutters....they were brilliant.
I found the shop that is covered in signs and one of them reads "the redneck capitol of the world! Yee haw!" the shop is more of a cafe,store,pub?,warehouse,shack,mental asylum kind of place all in the one room and run by these 2 folks called Harley and Annabelle Russell.
they are a bit nuts.
they also call themselves "mediocre music makers" and had just finished playing an impromtu gig for a bunch of bikers who had called in. i went to talk to Harley as he was swigging a bottle of whiskey (this is friday morning by the way) and asked if i could take a picture.
well as you can see, i didnt have to ask twice.

We chatted for a bit and im thinking these 2 are MAD!. But if you are ever in Erick, Oklahoma, you have to go to this place!!
When i was leaving harley gives me a big bear hug and kisses my hands as if i was his long lost brother or something,
I didnt even buy anything, im not even sure if anythings for sale!!
its just a big pile of..stuff...memorabilia i guess, mostly 2nd hand.
Ill remember this place thats for sure.

So after that crazy encounter i hit the road again,
It was raining most of the day, i think theres a big Oklahoma-shaped cloud over the state cos it was raining everywhere!
I stopped at a route 66 museum then and had a look around because tomorrow im not on Route66 anymore.
it heads one way up to Chicago and i must head a different way to New york.
So it will be uncharted territories for me pretty much!

I got to Oklahoma city tonight and i booked into a place,
down the road i saw a big sign that read 'Club Rodeo'
I though it was worth investigation so i went down later.

Its this big nightclub with country-rock blasting out of it and loads of folks wearing cowboy hats, singing along to Shania Twain and guzzling bottles of beer.
Lots of Yeee-hawing going on. It was great! Peekey, if your out there, you would have loved this place!
But this is no ordinary nightclub, theres a bull ring at on end of this giant shed and 3 times a night a rodeo starts up and cowboys try to stay on a kicking bull for more than 8 seconds,
Its kind of bizzare to have people dancing on a dancefloor and Bulls leaping about going for the high jump record 20 feet away in the same room!!
There was a big build-up and the first guy launched out to the sounds of AC/DC, 'Thunderstruck' everyone chanting Na na na na na na na naah!! well the Bull went nuts, he must love AC/DC cos he kept kicking and headbanging away long after the cowboy was flung a mile away.
and the Bull looked very pleased with himself!
I was cheering for the Bulls each time!
The other 2 bulls who flung their riders in a similar direction to the first poor sod werent country fans either, although it was hard to tell, maybe they were. I half-expected to see the Russells again after that.
Oklahoma sure is nuts.

Anyway thats it for today,
I think its Sunday tomorrow and im heading for Arkansas.
So check in and say Hi if your out there!!

Shea.