May 9-11, 2022

The drive through the Dallas, Texas area and on to Tulsa was windy with sometimes heavy traffic. We were concerned, too, that the only license plate on the trailer is, as far as we know, untraceable since it gives only the name of the dealer from whom we purchased the rig. And toll roads in Texas (which we found unavoidable) are pay-by-plate. Should be interesting! We were happy to arrive at our RV park by 4 p.m. and to have a ready supper in the form of leftovers in the fridge.

Sunset from the trailer

Oklahoma’s oldest geocache (placed in February 2001) is near Tulsa at Keystone Dam Lake. The half mile hike to the cache was along easy trails but we had forgotten how hard it is to work in 80% humidity at about 90 degrees.

Oklahoma’s oldest geocache

We visited other caches in the Tulsa area.

The world’s tallest gas pump is near Sapulpa adjacent to a Route 66 museum.
The front ends of autos decorate the planter in front of the museum.
The cache was located behind one of the cars.
For another cache, we had to answer a question about the newspaper Dave was reading with his new friend.
We claimed a cache at the Rock Creek Bridge, a steel truss bridge built in 1924 and part of Route 66 from 1926. The decking on the bridge is brick.
The Teepee Drive-In Theater was built in the 1950’s.

In deciding how long to stay in a location we read suggestions from campground guests and Trip Advisor reviews. We were surprised that we had not heard of either of the two following museums.

The Woody Guthrie Center contains over 10,000 pages of archives moved from New York to Tulsa in 2013. Materials include original lyrics, artwork, notebooks, flyers, and photographs.

Woody on the wall of the center
Entrance to the Woody Guthrie Center
Jane loved this sandwich board–makes her feel like an expert that she can sometimes play a song with five or six chords.
Woody Guthrie’s mandolin
Guitar gifted by Woody Guthrie to his son Arlo Guthrie.
Banjo played by Pete Seeger
Handwritten lyrics for “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”

The Bob Dylan Center is in the same block as the Woody Guthrie Center. Dylan was heavily influenced by Guthrie and thought it appropriate that his archives be located near those of Guthrie. The day of our visit was the first day the $10 million dollar facility was open. It contains 100,000 pieces of Dylan material.

Jane in front of the Bob Dylan Center.
The staircase in the Bob Dylan Center features lyrics from “Talking World War III Blues”.
The leather jacket Dylan wore a the 1965 Newport Folk Festival when he moved from acoustic folk to electric rock and roll
A note from Pete Seeger to Dylan about the 1965 Newport Folk Festival
This Turkish drum was the inspiration for “Mr. Tambourine Man”
Categories: Travel

2 Comments

Joette · May 12, 2022 at 1:55 pm

Wow! Neat museums!
John says how did you time that so well to be there when the Bob Dylan museum was opening?

Susan · May 18, 2022 at 9:25 am

Super interesting post!!

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