2008-07-12 OK, Meers-burger

[Fred D]

Meers (http://www.meersstore.com/), ride up Mt Scott, maybe see buffalo, prairie dogs, longhorns, and elk in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge (http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/wichitamountains/index.html).

- meet again at the Braums @ SW 74th and May? Kickstands up @ 9:30?

Possible route (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=7124162660396432072,35.391620,-97.568710%3B3816869306499723062,35.162210,-97.878930%3B6777420647242623982,34.934548,-98.068065%3B1682028779215758346,34.896520,-98.198470%3B14432497516499847713,34.782660,-98.579180&saddr=SW+74th+St+%4035.391620,+-97.568710&daddr=Hwy+92%2FOK-92+%4035.162210,+-97.878930+to:35.053046,-97.935562+to:US-277+%4034.934548,+-98.068065+to:S+Baskett+%4034.896520,+-98.198470+to:Meers+Porter+Hill+Rd+%4034.782660,+-98.579180&mra=dpe&mrcr=1&mrsp=2&sz=11&via=2,3&sll=35.021562,-98.050919&sspn=0.364943,0.596008&ie=UTF8&ll=35.077213,-97.827759&spn=1.458745,2.384033&z=9) for the central Oklahoma crowd?

[okckeith]

Will be there unless I'm working. Hopefully I will have some good news about work by then.

[Mellow]

If I have rubber left on the tires after WeSTOC, I'll be there.

Edit - actually, if I don't, I'll get some new tires .. geesh.. why am I making things so difficult.

[Putt]

Might try and make this as part of my return trip from the West Coast..

Putt...

[ChucksKLRST]

Might try and make this as part of my return trip from the West Coast..

Putt...

Are you going to be at WESTOC? If not See you at Meers.

[Putt]

Hi ya Chuck...
Will be at Taos on the 24th and 25th..
Have to leave the morning of the 26th to keep my
Shasta schedule... See ya in Taos..

Putt...

[roginoz]

I should be able to make it. Probably won't be at the Braums in time to join you on the ride down. I'll likely just go full speed on the fastest route for the trip down. (I don't normally get up before 7:00 AM, except to go to the bathroom, but we are talking cheeseburgers here...) Looks like 3:52, and 247 miles.

[okmurdog]

I got it on my calendar

[sttourer]

I got it on my calendar


+1

Pat

[Coop]

Coop wonders what an Okie calendar looks like.

[sherob]

Coop wonders what an Okie calendar looks like.

:D

http://www.mousetourstravels.com/images/travel-england-stonehenge.jpg

[Tankereng]

Coop wonders what an Okie calendar looks like.

I believe they are known to the rest of the world as Crop Circles...

:mw1:

I'll be there to eat with all the Okie's again.....perhaps after some yummy breakfast at the Blue Hangar...:headbang:

[Putt]

:D

http://www.mousetourstravels.com/images/travel-england-stonehenge.jpg

Also doubles as a stop-watch...


Putt...

[sttourer]

:D

http://www.mousetourstravels.com/images/travel-england-stonehenge.jpg


Mmmmm. Last time I checked it was TEXAS that built there own calendar/stop watch (http://www.legendsofamerica.com/TX-StonehengeII.html)near Hunt.....

Coop is still trying to figure out how to wind it... :D

Pat

[Tankereng]

Mmmmm. Last time I checked it was TEXAS that built there own calendar/stop watch (http://www.legendsofamerica.com/TX-StonehengeII.html)near Hunt.....

Coop is still trying to figure out how to wind it... :D

Pat

:doh1:

[stellarpod]

I'll be there barring anything work-related.

stellarpod

[KrazyKooter]

I saw in the latest issue of Road Runner they did a write-up on a ride in southern Oklahoma and they ate here one day.

I might try to make this one, if I can get the kid situation... situated.

[martinc]

Will be there 4 sure. Bueno!

[DGM1962]

I'm in!!!!!

[Speedracer612]

What time will be 'lunch time'?

Jas

[Fred D]

What time will be 'lunch time'?

Jas

Lets try to get there around 11:30 --- They can get crowded - tour buses, other motorcyclists, etc....

[okmurdog]

14 days and counting....

Meers has Pecan and Coconut Cream pie on their menu (yum!)

Here's an excerpt from their website describing their burgers:

Wondering what is in our burgers? How do we fix them? Why do we fix them this way? Why do we not fix them like other folks do?

• Meersburgers are made with 97% lean grass fed Longhorn beef from our own Longhorn herd.

• Our famous burgers are cooked medium well done and are served with mustard, dill pickles, tomatoes, purple onions, and green leaf lettuce. We use American cheese because our burgers are American burgers. We have been fixing them this way since the beginning, for over 50 years and this is the way our cowboys like them. 99% of our customers like them this way so this is why we respectfully call this burger (and your hats off boys) the COWBOY BURGER.

• Some folks like mayo on their burgers instead of mustard but call burgers with this a SISSY BURGER! Other folks like ketchup on their burgers instead of mustard. We call burgers with this a YANKEE BURGER! Cowboys believe ketchup belongs on fries, not beef.

• A few folks out there want all three---mustard, mayo, and ketchup---on their burgers. The poor fools are simply confused.

I guess I have to be prepared to order a "Sissy Burger"...not a mustard guy!

[Tourin']

Gee whilikers, y'all are makin' this sound good! Hmmm, two options for me possibly. Either come up from the "Hangar" with any other Texians going, or start from the Braum's? I have a relative at SW 89th and May, so I could already be "in country" so to speak, haha.:D

This is all speculative. Trying first to go on a multi-state ride with guardian_dfw except I don't have all my days at work covered yet. If I don't go east, I may learn what a Meers steer burger thing is all about.:07biker:

[DGM1962]

Meers (http://www.meersstore.com/), ride up Mt Scott, maybe see buffalo, prairie dogs, longhorns, and elk in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge (http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/wichitamountains/index.html).

- meet again at the Braums @ SW 74th and May? Kickstands up @ 9:30?

Possible route (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=7124162660396432072,35.391620,-97.568710%3B3816869306499723062,35.162210,-97.878930%3B6777420647242623982,34.934548,-98.068065%3B1682028779215758346,34.896520,-98.198470%3B14432497516499847713,34.782660,-98.579180&saddr=SW+74th+St+%4035.391620,+-97.568710&daddr=Hwy+92%2FOK-92+%4035.162210,+-97.878930+to:35.053046,-97.935562+to:US-277+%4034.934548,+-98.068065+to:S+Baskett+%4034.896520,+-98.198470+to:Meers+Porter+Hill+Rd+%4034.782660,+-98.579180&mra=dpe&mrcr=1&mrsp=2&sz=11&via=2,3&sll=35.021562,-98.050919&sspn=0.364943,0.596008&ie=UTF8&ll=35.077213,-97.827759&spn=1.458745,2.384033&z=9) for the central Oklahoma crowd?

So what time do we meet and location?

Really look foward to meeting all u guys!!!!

[Fred D]

Meers (http://www.meersstore.com/), ride up Mt Scott, maybe see buffalo, prairie dogs, longhorns, and elk in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge (http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/wichitamountains/index.html).

- meet again at the Braums @ SW 74th and May? Kickstands up @ 9:30?

Possible route (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=7124162660396432072,35.391620,-97.568710%3B3816869306499723062,35.162210,-97.878930%3B6777420647242623982,34.934548,-98.068065%3B1682028779215758346,34.896520,-98.198470%3B14432497516499847713,34.782660,-98.579180&saddr=SW+74th+St+%4035.391620,+-97.568710&daddr=Hwy+92%2FOK-92+%4035.162210,+-97.878930+to:35.053046,-97.935562+to:US-277+%4034.934548,+-98.068065+to:S+Baskett+%4034.896520,+-98.198470+to:Meers+Porter+Hill+Rd+%4034.782660,+-98.579180&mra=dpe&mrcr=1&mrsp=2&sz=11&via=2,3&sll=35.021562,-98.050919&sspn=0.364943,0.596008&ie=UTF8&ll=35.077213,-97.827759&spn=1.458745,2.384033&z=9) for the central Oklahoma crowd?

So what time do we meet and location?

Really look foward to meeting all u guys!!!!

:) Let's meet at the Braums at SW74th and May (7512 South May), literally just across the street from Oklahoma City Community College. I think we should plan on leaving the Braums by 9:30, to get us to Meers before their lunch rush starts. I like to arrive earlier than the departure time, so I can indulge in some parking lot camaraderie.

If anyone wants to ride over with me (Mark?), I'm planning to leave my place at 8:45 - which should put me/us at the Braums around 9:10~9:15.

See you there!

[DGM1962]

I'll be at Braum's at 8:30.

A little coffee and tire kickin would be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ride a Blue 04 ( THE FASTEST!!!) LOL!!!!!!

[okmurdog]

...If anyone wants to ride over with me (Mark?), I'm planning to leave my place at 8:45...

I'll be there!

[NoBull]

Sounds like a good reason for a ride. I might be able to swing down...

[ChucksKLRST]

Sounds like a good reason for a ride. I might be able to swing down...

Come on Down

Looking foward to seeing a fellow Coloradan. And thats NO BULL

[Putt]

Rats... Won't be able to make this one...

Putt....

[ChucksKLRST]

Don't forget, This Saturday is the Meers, OK. Burger Run. I think the meet time in Meers is 1130. I will be there. Just don't know which bike to ride. Make sure that you also get to the top of Mt. Scott while at Meers. A whopping 2400+ ft.above sea level. Those of you who live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, this is the highest you will get for a while:) Got some nice low speed twisties and the Wild Life presearve is a neat place to visit. See you all there.

[okckeith]

If I'm not there I'm at work. Got some good news today. Going back to work since being off since April 23rd. Changed my career.

[Fred D]

If I'm not there I'm at work. Got some good news today. Going back to work since being off since April 23rd. Changed my career.

Keith, that's great news! We'll certainly understand if you can't make it.

[NoBull]

Well I tried, I cut the time toooo close. I hit major road construction, major wind. About the time I rolled into Dodge City, I remembered there was a time change. So after doing all the math, I turned around. Never would have made it. Anyway I hope you had a great lunch...

[Fred D]

Well I tried, I cut the time toooo close. I hit major road construction, major wind. About the time I rolled into Dodge City, I remembered there was a time change. So after doing all the math, I turned around. Never would have made it. Anyway I hope you had a great lunch...

Nick - appreciate your attempt. We had a great lunch, had a good tire-kicking session up on Mt Scott - and made it home before it rained!

[ChucksKLRST]

Too bad you did not make it No Bull. Had a great time, and really, the guys from Oklahoma are really OK:) Even Coop From Lubbock showed up. Had Fun and am looking forward to doing it again soon. Here are a few of the pics I took while in OK.

[stellarpod]

Great pics ChucksKLRST!

Did you guys make the DQ stop in Chickasha, or were you chased by the weather?

I really appreciate you guys letting me tag along today. There is a wealth of knowledge among the group! :bow1:

I kicked around in Lawton for about an hour and decided to make a token run down across the Red River (Burkburnett). I headed back across S. Oklahoma to Waurika and up 81 to Duncan. That's when I first noticed the storm clouds looming on the northern horizon.

I jammed up 81 to Chickasha at breakneck speed and hopped on the turnpike to try to outrun the storm. Fortunately, I made it home high and dry. I can catagorically say that my bike has NO high-speed wobble, even with the top box! :D

I look forward to the next ride.

Thanks again.

stellarpod

[ChucksKLRST]

Great pics ChucksKLRST!


I kicked around in Lawton for about an hour and decided to make a token run down across the Red River (Burkburnett). stellarpod

If you really went to Burkburnett than you can color in Texas on your map.

[stellarpod]

If you really went to Burkburnett than you can color in Texas on your map.

That's exactly what I was doing. :D

stellarpod

[Fred D]

Great pics ChucksKLRST!

Did you guys make the DQ stop in Chickasha, or were you chased by the weather?

.......

Thanks again.

stellarpod

Ditto on the pics. I like the one where Coop's comparing the mustard stain on his shirt to the yellow of Steve's Harley :D !

We hit the DQ for a pleasant break. While we were there a couple of wives called with weather reports, so we broke camp and rolled on in. I think we all made it home before the "rain" hit.

Glad you could make it!

[Coop]

I'm sending that shirt to Honda so they can get the color right on the 2009. Thanks you getting the ride together Fred.

[okckeith]

Good job Fred. I hope this wasn't the last RTE I get to attend. Looks like everyone made home ok. To bad we didn't have an Oklahoma t shirt for Coop.
I enjoyed him. He's something else. I think he picked on all of us.

[okmurdog]

Fred - Thanks for organizing the ride. :bow1: It was a great time, great ride, and really good eats. Nice meeting some new folks too - Stellarpod, Coop, Steve, Darrell

Apparently, we had one unknown ST rider at Meers also. As we were departing, there was an unattended ST still in the parking lot. Sorry we didn't meet up with you!

Attached are a few pics from the ride...more pics are in my album.


When is the next RTE?? :)

[Orange Power]

Here are some of my personal favorite pics.

[Tankereng]

Sorry I couldn't make it this time guys.... Looks like a cool place for grub.. How was the weather on Mt.Scott? Last time is was quite windy....

[Fred D]

Sorry I couldn't make it this time guys.... Looks like a cool place for grub.. How was the weather on Mt.Scott? Last time is was quite windy....

Really pleasant - usually it's so windy up there that it's hard to enjoy the scenery.

[stellarpod]

Great pics everyone.

The weather on Mt. Scott was very mild. The trip I took down to Burkburnett put me into triple digits however. I registered 103°F around Waurika on the way back. Of course when I hit the storm front north of Chickasha it started cooling down quickly. :eek:

stellarpod

[okmurdog]

btw...I filled up just before getting to the house and the calculated MPG was 46.5. I was a bit surprised (I expected worse) since we had somewhat of a headwind on the way down and I cracked the throttle several times to catch up with the group at various points during the ride to and fro :).

[okckeith]

Guess what guys. After such an enjoyable ride with the ST folks. I just don't think I can give up every Saturday for a job. I'm glad I made the ride. and I look foward to many more with you guys. Life is to short to work all the time. Somebody will want my work history and understand why I'm need a vacation before next fall. Because if you know me. I'm not the car salesman type. Too honest. I have a ST kind of heart. Always Reliable and worth every penny.

[stellarpod]

OKCKeith:

I'll keep my ear to the ground. I've sent you a PM.

stellarpod

[okckeith]

OKCKeith:

I'll keep my ear to the ground. I've sent you a PM.

stellarpod

Stellarpod. Thank you very much. I emailed my info to you.

[Orange Power]

Keith, what is your background and/or training?
Or what are you looking for?
If I hear of something I will let you know.

Tom

[okckeith]

Keith, what is your background and/or training?
Or what are you looking for?
If I hear of something I will let you know.

Tom

I'll send you a pm. Thanks

[Orange Power]

My remaining pictures.
You might be able to see the windmills in some.