Get Your Kicks

On

While Mark went exploring in Las Vegas this weekend

The boys and I went exploring OKC

I did not realize how close we are to Route 66

The ol' Mother road is so close to us

In fact,

the next major street over from the one we live off of

I thought the boys might enjoy being on a section of road

where Lighting McQueen drove

Yeah, 

Not so much

They did not quite get the relation

But that's ok

I did

Our first stop

Just a few miles down the way

A little store called POPS

That is floor to ceiling pops

as in 

SODA POPS

I thought this was going to be a little bit more of a gift shop

And I was wanting a Route 66 sign for the boys bathroom

But it is actually just a gas station and diner

Cute though

Connor was more intrigued with the 30+ motorcyclist hanging out in the  parking lot

We did manage to find a hat for our Pops

and some drinks to try

Remember these

Should have got some to send to Casey

Here's another cute one

We did not buy this kind

Places like this remind me of my dad (pops)

I think he gave me my love for exploring

and learning about places

Even though it's just a stupid gas station

I can now say 

been there, done that

I drove on the little Oklahoma section of the Route 66

Had a sod-e pop to prove it

(And yes, that's sod-e not soda pop)

You gotta say it the right way

So here's our 6 pack and the Pops hat we got for my dad

So dad if your reading this

SURPRISE

couple of examples of what we got

In my research I found Route 66 park in OKC

Suppose to be one of the biggest parks in the city

We left the gas station with that as our destination

Apparently I did not read the map very well

It's a good thing I'm cute

Seriously totally misread the directions on this one

So we went with plan B

A park down the street that we had not been to yet

And do you notice anything?

That's right....

OTHER KIDS!!!

See they do exist in OK

My boys still found the dirt more fun

We didn't stay long

I had used up most of our time driving around looking for

the other park

It was getting hot

And close to lunch time

And Christian was tired

(my poor baby is covered in a rash and ran a fever most of last week)

Saturday night I did some more research 

and studied the map a bit closer

so we could find this park Sunday morning

So off we went

We drove and drove

The highway was getting less and less crowded

Pretty soon we were the only car

Then the exits were further and further apart

Since I am not a believer in texting or surfing the net

while driving

I kept saying next exit I will pull over

and look it up

Then I would see a road/exit name that looked familiar

OK one more exit I would tell myself

Then the road ended

It is suppose to be on a lake

Hadn't seen any water

Or people driving by pulling boats

Once the highway ended 

I made my way around a bit

Heart pounding slightly in my chest

I hate being lost

Finally a sign!!!

So after more than 35 minutes of driving

We found it

A cute park

Another thing to cross off my list

But nothing special for that crazy drive

We did walk around and feed the ducks some cheerios

Until these guys got stingy

And started chasing us

My stroller could not go fast enough

We must have looked like fools running from those damn ducks

I wish I could have photographed that

We played the rest of the afternoon

I did doze on the couch a bit

Kind of sad when your just laying there

And then you hear

"mommy wake up"

My weekend ended like this

And because I did not pick it up

My Monday started just like this too

OH WELL

What are playrooms for

RIGHT??