Day 2 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Oklahoma

Here's the end of Day 2 (finally). The wind really picked up in the afternoon. It was blowing steadily from 10 to 12 mph, with gusts up to 35 mph. And we were running low on time. So we only made a couple of more stops.

These are the Ed Galloway Totem Poles a 4 miles south of Foyil. This is a National Historic Site.


Here's the story.



This is the distance shot of the largest.


This totem pole is over 90 feet tall, with life-sized figures of Indian chiefs at the top.

And here are some of the others, including a hut that now serves as the gift shop.





















This is the Blue Whale just east of Catoosa, OK. It was built in the 1970s as a swimming hole. It's not in operation any longer, but is a famous historic site on Route 66.





That's me standing inside, to give you some sense of scale. It looks like that's a tree trunk in front of the mouth because of the tree branch above. If you look closely, though, you'll see that it's supposed to be the cane fishing pole that caught the whale. I particularly like the hook hanging down beside the mouth.

This plaque is out in front of the whale. The whole Route 66 is often referred to as the Will Rogers Highway because it runs through his hometown of Claremore.