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| DAY 21: BRISTOW, OK to VINITA, OK
Tans are getting baked in by now! Franz sports the capri bike-tight look, aka the tiramisu tan, aka the jello tan. |
Big Lin tries Little Lyn's Bike Friday for size, or rather, chuckles. |
Now there's a vat for yer chili! Famous Frankoma Pottery of Oklahoma. |
Candy Steeple, Ops Manager of Frankoma Pottery shows off the brand's signature two-tone design. The company was started by John Frank in 1933; the pottery is famous for being 'entirely handmade'. Recognize some of it from your grandpappys' buffet? |
A 'drilling bit' mug. Perfect gift for your favorite oil rigger. |
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| Forrest Roberts wades past Frankomer Pottery on his Crusoe. He says he owns several high end bikes but this is getting to be the only one he rides. |
We passed through Tulsa, OK |
Jim reads the local rag in Dot's Diner, Claremore, OK. |
That's Will Rogers on the paper masthead. |
Susan Notorangelo and real egg custard tart at Dot's Diner in Claremore, OK. Jim Bradbury artily framed in the window. |
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| Some toilet wall humor. |
Claremont is the town of Will Rogers, artist, philosopher etc., Propping up the pole is PACTOUR crew Jim Hlavka. |
Frogs legs frito in the Golden Spike restaurant, Vinita, OK. I guess I'll try anything once. |
DAY22: Vinita OK - Carthage, MO (84 miles). Another quirkily named business spotted on the way to breakfast. |
Mike and Nancy Myers are iinducted into the PACTOUR Hall of Fame = 20,000 miles riding and/or crewing. |