[OKSooner]

Oh, no, most of my trips thru Purcell as a yute were thru the main drag, which I recall as being unique in some sort of way. My family drove thru there often going from OKC to Durant, and Ponder's old drive-in restaurant, which was the real deal in contrast to later corporate entities with cardboard food and two smug uh, metro men in a car for a face. /gratuitous poke at youknowwho

But yes, since I-35 was finished in that part of the world sometime back in the last millenium the drive has bypassed Purcell and the Arbuckle mountains. Seems like Ponder's has a walk-in restaurant near a Holiday Inn or something, which we've been in once or twice on the drive to the Big D and elsewhere. Not nearly the same thing as the old drive thru Purcell and the Arbuckles, but the magic had to have had a lot to do with being just a yute at the time, right?

[Mercat]

I have wonderful photos of my great Aunt Maud and her friends frolicking in the Arbuckle mountains, especially at Turner Falls. They were probably taken with one of the first Brownie cameras in existence. Lovely women dressed in white dresses to the ankle, men in white suits and skimmers. Men and women actually bathing in Turner Falls together, thoroughly covered of course. A wonderful moment in time.