Road Trip to Pop’s on Rt. 66
Since I have moved out to Oklahoma from the East Coast, I have learned that they speak a different language out here in the Midwest. The most predominate difference has been pop vs. soda. You see along the East Coast, and West Coast if I am not mistaken, a carbonated bottled beverage is called a soda. However when you enter the areas of the Midwest it is called a pop. This has created some confusion in a few conversations that I had when I first moved out here. For example my co-workers were talking about a Strawberry Pop Cake. I was confused because what I pictured was a cake with popsicles sticking out of it, which made no sense whatsoever. I was told it was a cake that you pour strawberry pop or soda over.
All this to say that last weekend Hubby and I took off on a mini road trip with our friends. We headed out to Arcadia, OK, along Rt. 66, which is about a 1.5 hour drive. We were headed out to a soda ranch…..sorry pop ranch. Do you know what a soda ranch looks like? Are you picturing soda bottles running ramped on and open range with cowboys roping them into submission? If so you are waaaaay off. Please let me enlighten you. 
If you travel down Rt. 66 into Arcadia, OK. you will come upon a HUGH pop bottle with a straw. This is the landmark of POPS the convenience store/restaurant/gas station/shake shop/soda ranch.
