MUSKOGEE OR BUST!

We made it to Muskogee! I finished my drive from Virginia and picked Brad up at the Tulsa airport at 5pm Sunday. We went straight to Taco Cabana and killed a few hours waiting for Sam's flight to arrive. Once Sam got in we picked him up at the airport then went and had another dinner at Don Pablos. After that we pointed our rental vehicles toward Muskogee, Oklahoma and buzzed down here.

The Travelodge (our hotel) is on the way into town, so we haven't seen much of Muskogee yet, but boy we're we shocked to find that the hotel is in the middle of a massive face-lift. It's like we walked onto the set of some strange and bizarre film. This place was in it's prime around the same time old Route 66 was. You can envision young families hanging around the pool in the Oklahoma sunshine on their way somewhere west... Mothers telling children not to run near the edge... Classic cars filling the parking lot... Now it's more like a hotel ghost town from another era. I'll try to post a picture soon.

We chatted with Ron (the night clerk) a bit about our film. Turns out he's a musician trying to get his music into film soundtracks. Then Sam and I hiked over to the Kum & Go (a convenience store) and picked up a couple copies of the Muskogee Daily Phoenix. When Love Walks In made the front page (above the fold) of the Entertainment section. Hopefully that will be the first step toward getting the buzz out around Muskogee about the showings we have this week.

More later on the Adventure!