TULSA RIDE DAY THREE -- Seminole, Oklahoma to Tulsa, Oklahoma

It didn't seem to matter whether I was riding on a north/south route or an east/west route; it seemed that I was either going up a hill or down one.  When I was going down, as I was here, I could see another ascent ahead of me.  Too often I fooled my self into thinking that what I saw ahead was the top, only to find that when I got to the top, there was yet another ascent to conquer.  Over the course of the three-day ride I climbed 5282 feet, and rode down hill 5092 feet.

Most of the time the roads I took were bike friendly and/or had a nice wide paved shoulder,  While this one suggested that motorist share the road, it was only two lanes (one in each direction) with a curve on a hill.  The sign provided little confidence to this cyclist that it was a safe route.  Only twice on the entire trip did I ask Diane to ferry me over an unsafe section of road.  The first was crossing Lake Texoma bridge on Day One, and the other was a six mile stretch on Day Three with steep hills on curves, with no shoulder, and no bike friendly signs. 

The town of Prague, Oklahoma is really proud of their Kolaches -- and you better be too, if you are going to stay there for any length of time.  Although it had a population of less than 2400 people, they had a very nice community park that we stopped at for a short break.


 

I wasn't really sure if this sign meant that what I first thought it said.  Why would someone advertise that they had the highest prices for certain items.  But then if they are paying the highest prices for these items, they certainly couldn't sell them at bargain basement prices.  Hmm.  Marketing?

The only claim to fame this dying town had was that it was located on what was once the famous US Route 66.  When the Interstate System bypassed this and a thousand other towns like it, the only thing they had to offer was a small part of history.  In most of the out-of-the-way places the original Route 66 roadbed no longer exists.  It does in Tulsa; and they are just a proud of it as this little burg.

Four o'clock PM, on Day Three.  I arrived at our destination!  I had very strong cross winds most of the afternoon. 

My new bike chain was binding up and skipping a cog every six to ten cranks of the peddle.  That was really stressful for the last two miles or so.  It took me a few minutes to catch my breath, but other than that, I felt fine. 

Proof that we were in Tulsa.  I'm not sure what to say about this, except that this replica of Oral Roberts hands is massive.  Enough said.

With our bikes loaded up.  We are ready for our return trip to Texas.  It has been a challenging, yet fun time we have had together.  I'm glad we did it!


DAY THREE STATS: 

• Miles: 88
• Riding Time: 5 Hours, 45 min. 
• Wind: 13-15 mph (Cross wind)
• Avg Speed: 15.3 mph
• Calories burned: 4404