The entrance to The Cave. Dining is pleasant on the protected patio also.
Truitt’s Cave was found and developed by Mr. John “Dad” Truitt in the 1920’s. It opened as a restaurant in the 1940’s. The most recent owners have returned the dining room to it’s glory and added a herd of goats to the hill on the right of the entrance. The extensive cave itself still needs work to be opened for tours in the future.
The fireplace mantel is decorated with crystals and conch shells. The chimney is a natural fissure in the rock overhead.
The one week old triplets were just too cute!
Nanny goat was a very protective mother!
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Because it’s NOT Texas! We made it through the panhandle of Texas and two thirds of Oklahoma before coming to rest at Okmulgee State Park for the night.
One of the CCC or WPA structures built in the Park during the Depression of the 1930’s.
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Today, Wednesday, we drove almost the complete widths of the states of Arizona and New Mexico! In between driving stints and naps I awoke to the beautiful rock formations behind the bright, bold advertisements near a rest area.
The rest area.
The animal statues strategically situated on the rock.
The tourist attraction (not so attractive!).
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We started our trip east on Monday, March 3 in rain and snow flurries. We made it to Walker Lake, NV after dark to camp for the night. The next morning was bright and sunny as we drove the length of the state of Nevada.
As we descended the Spring Mountains into the Las Vegas Valley we got glimpses of the tower, the Statosphere, in the distance.
Leaving Las Vegas we took the new bridge over the Colorado River past Hoover Dam. You get a nice view of a cement barricade and barren mountains in the distance!
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