Day 4 - June 15, 2015

Main Street (Route 66) - Miami, Oklahoma

A Route 66 Station that operated in Warwick, Oklahoma from 

1926 to 1978 

Our destination for the evening was/is Shamrock, Texas.

A popular place for bikers travelling along Route 66,

This is a view of Main Street, Shamrock, Texas.

Day Four.  Overnight in Shamrock, Texas.  Headed west.

We awoke this morning to cloudy skies in Miami, Oklahoma.  And the forecast was for rain throughout our route of travel for the rest of the day.

After eating breakfast at the hotel we loaded our bags on the bikes and began our travels.  On our list of things to see was an early 1900's theater (The Coleman) in Miami, so we rode downtown.  There was not much to see once we arrived so we quickly began our travels west.

After riding about fifty miles it became apparent that the rain was almost upon us (or us upon the rain) so we stopped at a travel plaza along I-44 (More on this below.) and donned our rain suits.  The overcast sky kept the temperatures in the mid 70's so rain suits without rain was bearable, but just barely.  But, we did not have to wait long for the rain.  As expected it began to rain soon after we left the travel plaza, and this continued until mid afternoon when we were leaving Oklahoma City.

Route 66 in Oklahoma is poorly marked (as compared to Missouri and Illinois), and traverses stretches of land that has very little visual appeal.  We have been following a GPS-loaded program that has Route 66 installed, and following that route put us on I-44 as soon as we left Miami. And it kept us on I-44 for the next 62 miles, at which time we exited and followed the Old Route 66 Byway until we reached Oklahoma City.

Although there was the occasional landmark that caught our eye these were few and far between. The rarity of something unusual and the rain that continued to fall on us for much of the day left us with few Kodak moments.  I have include a sampling with this entry.

By the time we arrived at our destination, which was an older motor inn in Shamrock, Texas (Pop. 2,029) we were tired from having ridden in the rain much of the day and all of the extra attention that riding requires. But, we had a recommendation for a good place to eat (Vern's), which was/is about 1/2 a mile from our motel (The Shamrock Inn).  The weather at the time were ready to go eat was perfect so we rode the bikes to Vern's. We each had a steak.  Mine was one of the best I have ever eaten.  Bob and Larry proclaimed the same.  Vern's is not much to look at, and not a place that one might otherwise consider for a meal, but don't let that dissuade you if you are ever this way.  We do not expect any other stops will equal Vern's, It was one of the best, and we endorse the high recommendations provided to us.

Tomorrow we continue west.  The forecast is for no rain and temperatures in the mid 50's.  It doesn't get any better than that.

Another good day.