THE Reason to Visit Oklahoma
I know that nobody thinks there is any reason to go to Oklahoma, and for the most part, you’d be right. Yeah, there is a wicked cool museum of banjos in Guthrie and there is even a canal area of Oklahoma City a lot like the one in San Antonio, but nothing I knew about prepared me for what I came across this weekend. I didn’t even know it, but there are more miles of Route 66 in Oklahoma than any other state. We decided to do a bit of touring around and see what there was to see. For the most part, Route 66 is just a highway like any other, but there are some interesting sites along the way. We went to the Rock Cafe and the round barn, but those were nothing (as far as I’m concerned) compared to a newer attraction: Pops.
The construction of Pops started in 2006. It is a store like nothing I’ve ever seen before. We actually drove by it a couple of times not even realizing what it was, but decided to go back and take a closer look. Boy am I glad we did. Pops is a Route 66 attraction that is basically a gas station and restaurant, but the real feature is pop (that’s coke for the Southerners). They have nearly 500 kinds pops and bottled waters. They don’t stock everything all the time, so you have to come back more than one time to see them all. The entire front of the building is covered in glass and has glass shelves lined with thousands of bottles of pop, just for decoration. Every bottle in the store is glass. If you aren’t a pop connoisseur, this is the only way that pop should be enjoyed. For me, this was a dream come true. They had pops there that I have wanted to try for years, and lots that I had never even heard of. They even had more than one kind of strawberry rhubarb pop! If you are looking for a reason to come to Oklahoma, this is it. But you’ll probably want to stop by and see the banjos too…
