Back From the Auction
Why is it that when you leave town, for a week, that nothing gets done at home? Always have to come back and play catch up for several days. Guess that’s the cost of running a Small Business? Anyway….I drove out to Oklahoma last week. Total miles one way was 1450+/-. I was really amazed that the Southern States of Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma were green and the crops looked healthy. Usually in July, that part of the country dries out as the rains stop. Luckily, not this year. It was beautiful seeing all that color on the drive. We were fortunate to find a really nice house, to rent, in Chandler, OK. called The Bungalow Inn. It is located right in town on Historic Rt.66.
The house was built in 1920 and occupied by a District Judge and his wife. It fell on disrepair years later after the passing of the family. A very nice local lady, named Nelda Matthews, bought it and completely rehabbed it. She took great care to put it back to what it was when new. She even went so far as to furnish it with period pieces. We had the whole house to ourselves and Nelda brought in breakfast every morning at 7 A.M. She is a fantastic cook and baker……I think I gained a few pounds while I was there! We thoroughly enjoyed our stay there. We’d sit on the front porch and imagine all the souls who had gone by throughout the many years. Thinking about John Jakes book, The Grapes of Wrath, those folks would have traveled right past this house on their trek out to California…Makes you think, Huh? Here are a few pictures of the cottage and one of the section of Rt 66 going thru Chandler.
If you ever get out that way, It is well worth the stop. Thanks for coming by and I’ll see you down the road. Paul
