Romulus and Remus

So the old tale of Romulus and Remus is pretty entertaining...especially since there are about eleventy-hundred different versions.

Anyway, since the kiddos were hanging with their cousin Saturday, I decided to go for a ride. We had plans that evening, which helped me narrow my search for an interesting half-day ride. While hunting for good dirt roads, I discovered that Oklahoma has a town called Romulus. My interest was piqued, andit took quite a bit of zooming and panning, but I finally did find Remus as well, not far away. I figured the two had to exist together. Although the fate of the towns might have mimicked mythology a little.

Anyway, my GPS took me on all 2-lane highways all the way to Romulus. It appears that the great pains I took to be almost all dirt on the way there were dashed when I loaded the route on my Garmin, and it recalculated immediately. I'll have to turn that feature off.

Here is what I found of Romulus, OK:
The good news is, from Romulus, the GPS told me that Remus was down a dirt road or three. Now, by this point I was going to take the dirt road anyway, so that worked out. The roads down there are great, and it looks like there are lots of them. The area is hilly, and the roads are curvy; moreso than I would have thought for East Central OK. Very cool ride past Romulus.
The GPS told me at one point after a few miles on a windy dirt road that Remus was on my left. I looked, and it appears that Remus must be the name of the old guy putting diesel in his tractor. I prefer, however, to think that Romulus killed Remus in order to rule the valley.

I think I covered from about 880 to 1250 feet MSL on this short trip, which is more vertical change than I thought we had in central OK. At times I definitely felt on top of the (local) world, and others like I was walled in by trees, hills, etc. Really interesting ride, and I didn't even get a start on all the dirt roads down there. I had forgotten to eat all day (happens when I ride), so I bailed out and found 9a and headed back to town for grub.