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• Sunrise Captured - featured
  by Pamela Jayne Smith

  Well here I am just doing my job as co-host (which incidentally I am loving) and realised that there was a new photo in my group features…

  Well here I am just doing my job as co-host (which incidentally I am loving) and realised that there was a new photo in my group features list (which is the only way I can navigate to the group – I am sure there another way!?) and there it was my new photo featured in Dawn and Dusk Light! Jump poor Rob nearly lost his place on the chair! Even more surprised when I realised it was yesterday – so wow I am tremendously happy, the photo was a complete surprise when I uploaded it I wasn’t expecting to see the sun actually in the drop! SO a big Thank you to the lovely people in Dawn and Dusk light for making the sun shine for me this evening :)) And what a lovely way to start the weekend with a lovely warm glow all inside! Even more incentive for the sun to shine after the rain – mind you at this rate it could soon be snow :0

• ROUTE 66 - GOODBYE TEXAS, HELLO OKLAHOMA!
  by Patricia Montgomery

  LEAVING TEXAS! As we left McLean, the Texas sun was low on the horizon. Who knows what time it is or what day it is on road trip? We…

  LEAVING TEXAS! As we left McLean, the Texas sun was low on the horizon. Who knows what time it is or what day it is on road trip? We looked at our watches and then the calendar. Bad news! We have to be home day after tomorrow! It is time to boot it and make some tracks… We had to take the interstate but still made a couple of exits off to Route 66. The old road runs a close parallel to I-40, which made our next two stops much quicker. We stopped in briefly at Shamrock because of the infamous “U Drop Inn”, a 1936 structure with an art deco style that includes two steeples. The building has been restored with beautiful neon lights and now houses the Shamrock Chamber of Commerce. There was probably more to see in Shamrock, but we needed to make it to the Oklahoma border before bedtime to stay on track and arrive home on schedule. We left the great state of Texas in our rear-view mirror. See y’all next time! HELLO OKLAHOMA! The sun had just gone down when we made a quick cruise on Route 66 through Sayre, Oklahoma. The guidebook indicated that there were two storm-cellar type entrances on either side of the main street on Route 66. These were actually entrances to an underground walkway which was built because Route 66 was once so busy that it was unsafe for pedestrians to cross. We looked for these entrances but never saw them. It was getting dark and we were in a hurry so we could have missed them or they might have been removed or closed. I was excited at the prospect of seeing Owl Drug, right in downtown Sayre on Route 66. It was famous for having Oklahoma’s largest antique soda fountain. Imagine my disappointment upon peering in the window to see that it was closed and in the process of being stripped. This is becoming more and more common on Route 66. I was so distressed to see Owl Drug being dismantled that I forgot to even take a photo of the outside building and sign. In the photo above, you can get a glimpse of the orange Rexall / Owl Drug sign on the other side of the road at the red light. This bison in blue uniform was located in front of the City Hall. I took this photo out the window with the camera perched on a bean bag. We didn’t have time to stop and read the plaque, but maybe on our next trip. With only a few hours to spend tomorrow in Elk City, we sadly realized that we would be seeing most of Oklahoma’s Route 66 on our next road trip. Where did the past eight days go? Time truly does fly when you are having fun!