Route 66 Oklahoma - every town along the way - 46 of them!

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ม.ค. 2021
  • The fourth state in the odyssey of Route 66 is Oklahoma and it's one of the longest at 375 miles. The uniqueness of the old road definitely started to come out. There were still a lot of towns to check out (46) but, as you'll see, most of these towns have some sort of Route 66 connections left. From Quapaw to Texola, Oklahoma was a lot of fun!
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    MUSIC - from TH-cam free library and iPhone soundtracks
    Campfire Song - Chris Haugen
    Crimson Fly - Huma-Huma
    Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
    Interludes - Daniel Garrow
    Grace Behind the Curtain - Silent Partner
    Venice Beach - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena
    Silver - Riot
    Monster Lab - Patrick Warren
    Mount Tam Two Step - Midnight North

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  • @cyndyrn1
    @cyndyrn1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My husband and I lived in Clinton in 1983 during the oil boom. I was 20 He was 21. He worked for Parker Drilling and worked on rig 114. I’m telling you as young kids we were rolling in the dough back then. We drove a diesel truck because you.u could fuel up on site and the saving in fuel prices made our truck payment. We spent hard and partied hard and fell hard when the boom crashed. There were thousands of kids just like us out there in the middle of that God forsaken country where it was hotter than hot and colder than cold and no trees to be found for miles but life was good. What a memory this trip of Route 66 brought back. Thanks for the ride along 😊

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for sharing your story! Such an interesting time to live there I’m sure!

  • @renegodin639
    @renegodin639 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    SPECTACULAR STUFF. BRAVO.😊

  • @johnsexton7621
    @johnsexton7621 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your channel makes me reminisce of Oklahoma in the old days

  • @diannabrown7754
    @diannabrown7754 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live in Norman OK and some of these places I've been to but others I didn't know existed. I am going to make a trip around my state.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s great! Oklahoma is a very fun state to explore!

  • @chriscosby2459
    @chriscosby2459 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video -- those little motor courts were all over Oklahoma when I was a kid in the 60s.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks! Would've been cool to see it when they were busy!

  • @YomamaAhippo
    @YomamaAhippo 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I was born in 2003 and always wondered what that golden dome was for

  • @kaymerry369
    @kaymerry369 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved variety of sunsets in video of Ok. The old round barn took my heart .
    It's priceless . Interesting video of Route 66 thru Ok. That old creepy music & road really isn' t my favorite.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That old creepy road was a cool find but I understand it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

  • @chiefamylee
    @chiefamylee ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant video! Takes me back to a simpler time. Thanks!

  • @jimbird963
    @jimbird963 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lot of hopes an dreams on Route 66

  • @marciabrumfield1400
    @marciabrumfield1400 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I seem to be binge watching your Route 66 videos and really enjoying them. Really glad to be using my headphones as the music you selected is great with them. Okay, what's next?

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s awesome! Thank you very much! Have you watched any of my US 89 series from last summer? I did it similar to Route 66, but it’s a little bit more scenic.

  • @SpookyMomma918
    @SpookyMomma918 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really enjoyed this. I live in Tulsa currently. Was pleasantly surprised to see my hometown of Geary in this vid.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! I tried to include every town along the route. This was my first attempt at documenting a road trip so I certainly could’ve done it better!

    • @carlhaldeman420
      @carlhaldeman420 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aren't you afraid of getting shot?

  • @carlhaldeman420
    @carlhaldeman420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was a good video. I liked that eerie music with the dark, empty dirt road. This video took some effort on your part.

  • @geneballay9590
    @geneballay9590 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rainy Day so that I can not work outside, and am BINGE WATCHING YOUR TRAVELS. Thank you for all the work, and then sharing. If possible could you post a video of excuses I could give my wife as to why the chores are not done......only joking....your channel is grrrrreat.

  • @pamallinder3287
    @pamallinder3287 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you wise guy, my husband used to giggle at me for not knowing history, he was good at it. I knew everything school wise but didn't like history. I'm interested now. Very good stuff

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much! I’m the same. Wasn’t a history guy when I was young but I love it now!

  • @carlavision6143
    @carlavision6143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just watched your video and subscribed to your channel. Really enjoyed your video of Route 66! Thank you for taking me along with you on Route 66 because, I'll never get to see it!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for watching! I also subscribed to your channel - happy travels!

    • @carlavision6143
      @carlavision6143 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TravelwithaWiseguy thank you!

  • @probunnysaavy2971
    @probunnysaavy2971 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was so good! April 2024

  • @justnerdystuff
    @justnerdystuff 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I saw that old gas station turned into a cookie store. I sure hope you stopped in there. That would have definitely been a missed opportunity! As I always say, never pass up a cookie opportunity! 🍪
    Hydro, OK - you know a town is small when someone parks their truck in the middle of the road to pick something up at the True Value Hardware store. lol
    That one ghostly road in Hext, OK looks straight out of a scene in "Big Fish" That was a good movie. It almost looks like you filmed in the Sepia design, it would have been super cool to film that road when there is fog on both sides of the road. And for an added ghoulish touch printshop the swamp monster in one of the shots.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually there are towns that the parking is in the middle!

  • @shaynecoventry8894
    @shaynecoventry8894 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's hilarious. You stayed in a room I lived in for a year at the desert hills inn in Tulsa before moving to the apartments directly behind it which were at one point part of the motel. The apartments were deluxe one bedroom efficiencies converted into apartments. I used to love it there before moving to Oklahoma City.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh wow that’s really interesting!

  • @rightntwohooper
    @rightntwohooper ปีที่แล้ว +2

    TeePee Drive In is about to open this spring! It has been completely renovated! They opened briefly in October to show some horror movies!

  • @groverearp2600
    @groverearp2600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm from Altus Oklahoma way back in the 60's

  • @oklahomafreedom5536
    @oklahomafreedom5536 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Glancy motel in Clinton Oklahoma is being remolded, looks like someone bought it. It's going to be interesting to see it after they finish it.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love when they remodel old Route 66 buildings and try to keep the history in tact! So much of it is becoming lost!

  • @Victoriahull
    @Victoriahull ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm moving to Claremore in the next few months and looking to drive that 😊

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s definitely a wonderfully historic drive! Good luck with the move!

    • @Victoriahull
      @Victoriahull ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TravelwithaWiseguy thank you 😊

  • @mariebrundridge2679
    @mariebrundridge2679 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I truly enjoyed your trip on route 66 towns in Oklahoma. When I lived in Springfield MO, which is on route 66. Several times I would take trips on route 66 in both Kansas and Oklahoma
    I now live on route 66 in San Bernardino CA. Can't seem to stay away from route 66.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much! Living on Route 66 in MO, OK or CA wouldn’t be bad at all!

  • @afan.pasalic
    @afan.pasalic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video, I really enjoyed.
    Also found several POIs I missed on my recent Route 66 trip. 😉👍

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! Oklahoma is full of interesting places along the route!

  • @courtneyscockpit3409
    @courtneyscockpit3409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i just subscribed and binge watching this little series you got going on. Pausing and taking notes. I laughed so hard at the clip from dirty rotten scoundrels. Perfect clip!! hahaha

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha thank you! Glad you enjoyed it - Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma! :)

  • @barbarajohnson297
    @barbarajohnson297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very well done! I’m enjoying all of the videos.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! It was definitely a lot of fun making them!

  • @dc-py9dz
    @dc-py9dz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great videos!

  • @waynohouse74
    @waynohouse74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Born in Clinton,OK didn't spend much time there though. Moved north to Kansas when 6 months old.

  • @stephenhoffman454
    @stephenhoffman454 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just a note; I like your WuShock pullover.

  • @ashleysimmons5970
    @ashleysimmons5970 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I didn't know if you knew this or not,but Yukon is the hometown of Garth Brooks,says so on the water tower there

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      I actually found that out when I was on this road trip. So cool! Garth is great!

    • @ashleysimmons5970
      @ashleysimmons5970 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah,but it wasn't in the video,that is why I was wondering

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah it’s hard to include everything about a town in a video. This one was kind of a drive by haha.

  • @billgalloway6383
    @billgalloway6383 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I also was born in Kansas, Smokey Hill AFB.

    • @billgalloway6383
      @billgalloway6383 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got to return later, when it was called Schilling AFB

  • @fernandoloara981
    @fernandoloara981 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ardmore , Oklahoma is my home town. I Fernando loaiza painted the train the first time. I charge the city of Ardmore $525.00.

  • @larryhutchens7593
    @larryhutchens7593 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You missed a real thrill when you bypassed the old (really old) section of rt 66 out of Miami. You have to go past the county fairgrounds and that section of road is really rough even for a gravel road.That section comes out somewhere around Afton where there is a marker designating the old vs the new.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I actually did another video that featured that section of old 66. Pretty cool!

    • @larryhutchens7593
      @larryhutchens7593 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I live in Oklahoma just north of Tulsa. I searched out that section once when coming back from Springfield. You can still see the concrete edges of the road. There is a local guy on PBS who does historic articles on Oklahoma & he covered how they did the original road. The state didn't have the funds to make shoulders for the road so they installed curbs instead. Probably caused a lot of wrecks considering how those old bias ply tires handled. There are actually 2 routes that 66 took through Tulsa. The old one followed Admiral and the newer one went across 11th street. Thanks for the videos. I have traveled rt 66 across Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. Going to try for all the way to California. @@TravelwithaWiseguy

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! It’s a great road trip - hope you’re able to do it!!

  • @timothywilliams1359
    @timothywilliams1359 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The town Verdigris is pronounced with a silent "s." The town is named after the local river of the same name. This name was given by French traders in the region in the late 1700s. The original French spelling was "Vert-de-gris" which means "from gray to green," which was the traders' description of the unique colors of the river. (Yeah, I am a French professor... one of the few born in Oklahoma!) Despite what you might think from this name, the Verdigris is a very clean river. When I was a kid (in Tulsa) our family used to go up there for swimming, fishing and picnics. Even in the hottest part of the summer the water always seemed ice cold.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome info - thank you! I knew I wasn’t saying it right haha. Beautiful area to explore 😊

  • @oldfarmshow
    @oldfarmshow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    👍👍

  • @EstellePotter
    @EstellePotter 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    they reopened the teepee drive in! FYI!!!!

  • @pamallinder3287
    @pamallinder3287 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All native land, my last boyfriend was half native., Oklahoma, I believe it's Cherokee, he thought that I was native because through our travels natives liked me as a white red head girl. I know I like everyone unless they give me a reason not to. They probably knew that. I went to reservations with a couple from Montana, they called me mom

  • @pamallinder3287
    @pamallinder3287 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kmart had a clothing line route 66

  • @cowgirl2
    @cowgirl2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if Calumet, OK is where Calumet baking powder comes from.

  • @IronHorsefan1869
    @IronHorsefan1869 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You missed the Route 66 village where a Steam Locomotive is

  • @jr2no160
    @jr2no160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👍🏿 Wu Shock 2010 Alumni.

  • @pamallinder3287
    @pamallinder3287 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does Kmart exist anywhere?

  • @amymcdonough8185
    @amymcdonough8185 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    where is that tunnel at 6:03?

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s just off to the right of 66 on a side street past Vergidris.

    • @amymcdonough8185
      @amymcdonough8185 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TravelwithaWiseguy Thanks!

  • @1lthrnk
    @1lthrnk ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok, you’re staying at the cheap hotels I’ll go to when my wife not with me because she needs $150 per night hotels. Are you only filming dead towns and on Sunday ?

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Depends on the video. Often I film on the weekends but a road trip like RT66 I film everyday.

  • @rgan32
    @rgan32 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tee Pee drive in should open back for buisness in Sapulpa any day.

  • @francismcclaughry3794
    @francismcclaughry3794 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have not seen one sign of chicken fried steaks.

  • @user-wp3cy3fl2j
    @user-wp3cy3fl2j 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just blowing though towns with no history narrative and missing most of each town. Wiseguy needs to up his game, he could learn a lot watching Joe n Nics travel videos.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      LOL - Joe and Nic are great in my opinion. FYI I do lots of videos like that. This one was to show every town along the Route for at least a few seconds - which is often how people travel down Route 66. I've done many videos about Route 66 talking about the history of towns in Oklahoma.