The town of Medicine Park has one very unique feature and that is the cobblestones that you see below the sign. In the early 1900's it was the best building material they could find, so they used it to build practically everything in town. My friend Vicky wanted just a couple and my many trips through the area, I couldn't fine even one.

 

 

 

 I was driving along the road and just happened to see this old fellow. Stopped the car and walked back and couldn't find it. Had to retrace my steps and there he was, taking advantage of the warm sun.

 Scissor-tailed flycaters

 April in Oklahoma is purple wildflowers

 April in Oklahoma is lots of butterflys

 

 White butterflys

 

 Old Texaco sign along a country road.

 

 

Joshua Tree draws me like a magnet and I always find something to take a picture of.

Lynne

 

 

 

Route 66,

Toured aa bit of Route 66 yesterday driving on it from Barstow eastward until just beyond the town of Ludlow where the scenery became sparce and 66 became a washboard of ruts and ruin. As soon as I could I got back on Hwy 40 east and while the scenery didn't improve the road surface did.

I thought about turning back as I had been on the portion of 66 that goes thru Amboy a couple years ago but when the chance came, a sign was posted pointing to Kelso, Ca and I remembered there was a depot/visitors center there and so headed north.

It was worth the detour as the scenery improved and I got to see some of Calif that is certainly off the beaten path. Then, not wanting to retrace my tour, I continued north to Baker and then back to Barstow on Hwy 15, making sort of a loop