Day 8...we left Joplin, MO headed for Oklahoma City.  The first place we stopped at was in Galena, KS.  There we were looking for Four Women on the Route, which has been renamed Cars on the Route.  This is the home of Tow-Mater, Cars 2.  This was a fun stop and "The Mouth", the proprietor, was a kick.  In Riverton we went over Rainbow Bridge after we got the tractor parked on the bridge to move.  Apparently Riverton is hosting a marathon so were doing some cleanup of the river bed below us.  The rest of Kansas was pretty much a road trip and we soon found ourselves in Oklahoma.  Commerce is the home of Mickey Mantle.  We drove around in circles looking for the barn with dents from the ball.  We never found the barn, but we did find the statue in town.  In Miami we drove past the Coleman Theater for David to check out the architecture.  We had lunch at Clanton's in Vinita.  Boy, do these places serve a ton of food and it is delicious.  We passed up the J. M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum in Claremore.  Steve said he could spend hours in it so chose not to stop.  In Catoosa we tried to find the Blue Whale, but the darn GPS took us in another circle.  We finally found it as we were driving by.  Too late to stop.  In Tulsa we went to the 76 foot giant oil worker sculpture, the Golden Driller.  Very impressive.  In Bristol David had an issue with the alternator.  Found an auto parts store and 45 minutes he had a new one installed and we were on our way.  Our next stop was at Pop's gas station dominated by a 66 foot tall illuminated pop bottle and inside the store they have hundreds of varieties of soda pop.  From here we hightailed it to Oklahoma City and met John and Sam (Samatha) Swink, 4-wheel drive and California friends for dinner.  The Swink's relocated to Oklahoma City about 5 years ago.  We had a great visit.  We were tired from a long day of adventure so found a hotel for the night and called it a day.