Monday we took a trip up to Winganon, Oklahoma. A friend had posted a photo with a caption about a cement mixer that had fallen off a truck. Here’s the information from their website. “The Winganon Space Capsule is a happy accident that has turned into one of the most memorable and fun photo ops in northeastern Oklahoma. In 1959, a cement mixer was on its way to help build the bridge over Oologah Lake. Unfortunately it wrecked along the way, tipping over while full of cement. By the time a tow truck came to haul the cement truck away, all of the cement had hardened inside of the mixer. The tow truck was not able to handle the extra weight, and the crew decided to haul only the cab and come back for the detached mixer later, which never happened.
Since the incident, the mixer has been painted many times by artists and local citizens as it sits on the side of this remote road. It was a variation on the American flag for a long time until a few artists decided it needed a make over in 2011. They did much more than just paint this roadside attraction that has become important to the town. It was turned into a space capsule complete with the NASA logo, rocket thrusters and shiny aluminum paint. It is a convincing spectacle that is definitely worth stopping for.” (https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.22870) We were only 40 minutes away so I wanted to go take a look. It was sort of anti-climatic. It’s just sitting off the side of the road. There was a lot of mud so I couldn’t get too close.
On our way back to Tulsa we stopped in Oologah to mail a letter. Tom noticed a replica of a house so we stopped to take a look. It was a replica of Will Roger’s birthplace. It just so happened to have been what would have been his 146th birthday. We didn’t go to the museum because I read it was temporarily closed for renovations but I think they just hadn’t updated the website. It was still an interesting find and I’m glad we stopped to take a look. The last picture was in the town square near the post office.
We have plans to visit some other places in Oklahoma. Oklahoma is often called a fly-over state because people tend to fly over it while traveling by airplane to other states. But there are fun things to see here too. My home state isn’t just a fly-over state.
Thanks for reading along and seeing what we’re up to. It’s never a dull moment around here. Our latest activity is taking our cat Samantha for a walk. She loves the outdoors as she was a stray that we took in. We don’t let our cats out for fear of them getting hit by a car or getting lost. We used to have a catio but that’s not possible now. She loves going out and I wanted her to be able to go outside. We picked up a cat harness at the pet store. She loved it! So, enjoy this last picture of Samantha out for her daily walk.
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