TEXAS TO OKLAHOMA: A Roadtrip on ROUTE 66 through Elk City to Oklahoma City

Join the road trip through three states in the South Central region of the USA: through New Mexico, Texas, all the way to vibrant and buzzing Oklahoma City. There is the saying that the most promising words ever written on the maps of human knowledge are terra incognita, unknown territory. Traversing from New Mexico to the wide Plains of Texas for me was exactly this: unknown territory, the promise, of a new adventure, of places that I had never visited before. Here are the Highlights of my roadtrip from New Mexico to Texas and Oklahoma: 00:00 Leaving the mountains of New Mexico heading direction Texas, you will encounter a lot of beautiful wide plains. 01:09 Stop at the village of Cimarron. The town has the motto „Where the West is still wild“ and you can do a self guided historic walk if you bring a bit of time. The historic sites like the Old Mill Museum or Old Jail are dating back to the mid 1800s. Make sure to not miss out on visiting ST. James Hotel: The 43 rooms were witnesses to at least 26 murders during Cimarron's wilder days. Clay Allison, Black Jack Ketchum and Buffalo Bill Cody have all left their mark - you can still see numerous bullet holes in the tin ceiling of the main dining room. 04:09 Cross into Texas in style 04:43 Find a motel in the middle of nowhere and drive through the local towns - this part of the fun of a roadtrip! 07:49 Visit Elk city, drive on the hirstoric Route 66 and visit the National Route 66 & Transportation Museum to experience the history and heritage of Route 66. The Elk City Museum Complex consists of 5 unique museums. Get a glimpse into the lives of early settlers in Western Oklahoma at the Old City museum and the Farm and Ranch Museum and visit the replicas of an schoolhouse, opera house, doctor’s office and chapel, and experience the pioneer history. 09:29 Stop for a night and some sighseeing in Oklahoma City 10:44 A must visit in Oklahoma City is the Myriad Botanical Gardens & Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory. The park will transport you to a lush paradise. Open to the public since 1988, the Myriad Botanical Gardens have continually provided a gathering place and oasis from the busy city life. 11:44 Don't miss out on Oklahoma City's buzzing art scene! Visit the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and enjoy the permanent collection that is presented in a quite joyful way: artworks by contemporary artists like Kehinde Wiley face icons like Renoir. But I was most fascinated by the exhibition of Dale Chihuly. The Museum’s collection represents over three decades of Chihuly’s work, is one of the largest collections of Chihuly glass in the world, and heralds this brilliant luminist as one of the most important artist working in glass. 12:34 Oklahoma City is a good place to take care of your vehicles if you do a longer roadtrip. It's big enough to have some really good workshops - so I took my chance and changed my rear tire.
// A roadtrip that dreams are made of: join my journey through the United States of America. From Los Angeles in California on the westcoast to Miami in Florida on the eastcoast. 9,000 kilometers, 13 states, 28 days, 1 motorcycle .
// Welcome to the journey! I am Lea Rieck, a journalist and author and I want to take you with me on a motorcycle overlanding adventure to all the wild and beautiful places in the world!
// Riding a Yamaha Ténéré 700. Bought the motorcycle myself from the press fleet of Yamaha USA (thank you Yamaha USA for making this possible.)