We even got to meet eight other people who were huddled into the men's room including the owners of the campground. Our hats are off to Jennifer and Martin Gladieux who took charge and made sure that everyone was comfortable. That incident took place in Oklahoma. This morning, Wednesday, we left the campground, none the worst for wear and headed west along U.S. Route 6. Our first stop was in the town of McClure.
Some towns are fun to write about because they are healthy and alive with activity.
McClure is difficult for me to write about because I find it painful to write about a town I know is struggling to stay alive as a community. What is obvious however is that many people of McClure refuse to give up on their town and will continue the struggle to return it to it's former position of prominence in the county. What we noticed right off was that there are no operational schools in this town of 800 persons. What was just as noticeable was that there was no apparent growth or re-newel going on either. We decided we needed to know why.