Stockyard City, Oklahoma City, OK

I have heard about the Cattlemen's Cafe. I think it was on the Food channel maybe "The Best Steaks in American" or something like that, anyway, yesterday was the day to go try it out. It is located in an area of Oklahoma City called "Stockyard City". As the name implies, the stockyards are located there and are still active with auctions every Monday and Tuesday. The town is very western looking and stores sell everything "western". We strolled through one big store and I was surprised to find that there where so many different brands and cuts of jeans. I'm not sure how you would pick out a pair. The clerks where very helpful explaining the different cuts and why they were made that way. They also had some really nice looking boots, but we left them there as we don't need them.

We were hungry so off to Cattlemen's Cafe we went. This restaurant has quite a history - it seems the original owner like to play dice. One evening in the 1940's I think, he met another gentleman who also loved the game. Well, they sat down for a friendly game of dice and the restaurant owner eventually lost his bankroll. He then made a bet that the other gentleman could not roll two 3's and put the restaurant up as the ante. This was made against the other man's life savings. Well, luck was not with the original owner as the other man rolled two 3's and won the restaurant. It is still the original building that was build in the early 1900's but there have been some additions made. Dean and I both had filet's that were fork tender and soooo good. If you should happen to go there, be sure and have the house dressing on your salad. It is a garlic/cheese dressing and is wonderful. Even though our waitress tempted us with a great line-up of homemade pies, we had to pass as we both were full. End note here - great service, great food, just a bit pricey. I can at least say "I've ate there".

The drive through Oklahoma City is hectic to say the least. I'm not looking forward to Monday morning when we leave here heading for Dumas, TX. I will breath a sigh of relief when we get to the other side of the city for sure!

We spent part of the evening back at Firelake Grand Casino, trying our luck on the slots again. Dean lost a couple of $$ while I came out ahead a few. All in all, we are not out any $$ but I think we are about even. Hope we can leave here that way! Of course, I had my dish of free delicious creamy ice cream before coming back to the motorhome.

Today we are heading out looking for a barber for Dean and doing a little shopping at Wal-Mart. We may try to find a catfish restaurant that we were told about - Catfish Roundup.

Time to get Dean up, so will catch y'all later.....oh yes, pictures have been posted.

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