Very few laughs
The ride home certainly started out amusing enough: I watched two guys on horseback pull up at a tag agency, which is not exactly an everyday occurrence. (Do horses require licenses?)
The fun, though, began at the westbound Classen exit from I-44, which in its present form is not long for this world. (I knew a redesign was coming, but I didn’t expect it quite so quickly.) This is a particularly heinous example of the breed: you’re barely around the curve (it’s posted 40 mph) and you hit an actual intersection at 51st. And there almost certainly will be oncoming traffic; in fact, there’s a hotel just on the corner. (The old Guest House Inn was razed; this is a modern Sleep Inn.) They’ve got the stop sign, and sometimes they even obey it.
For now, you can’t proceed down the curve: you’re detoured to eastbound 51st, which will put you right on Classen — if you’re heading north. If not, you’re screwed. Eventually, I understand, 51st will be rerouted along the side roads to what used to be the Classen Circle. Getting into Edna’s, always a thrill, is about to become more so.
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18 September 2008 · 6:38 pm
Only In Oklahoma…
I don’t think I’ve ever seen horses at a tag agency but I’m not greatly surprised.
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