The Future Miss Oklahoma

If you are ever traveling to Clinton, Oklahoma, I can recommend the Hampton Inn there. Our hotel is great; the rooms and common areas are neat, new, and spacious, and the staff is helpful and friendly. Plus, the hotel is conveniently located near a Braum's Ice Cream shop and The Route 66 Museum. We toured the museum. which offered a cornucopia of automobilia, from gasoline pumps to a full-sized roadside diner. The displays showed the history of Route 66, from the early days of its construction to the resurgence of the route during the summer of love.

We were greeted at the museum by two Miss America hopefuls - the reigning Miss Route 66 and Miss Route 66 Outstanding Teen, complete with sashes and tiaras. We wished them good luck, and they wished us good travels and good maps.