Find…

Hubcap Bikinis on Highway 9: The Wheel Lady of Eufaula, Oklahoma

Published September 3, 2004

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

The Wheel Lady hubcap sculpture in front of a tire store on Highway 9 in Eufaula, Oklahoma, 2004 — The Wheel Lady.

The Wheel Lady graces Highway 9 just outside Eufaula. I took a break across the fence from her for some orange juice and Lance peanuts.

She lives in front of a tire store where you can also rent a U-Haul. I can’t use either these days but even an iron lady makes for good lunch company.

Woody gave her a long look and decided she wasn’t worth spooking at. Maggie didn’t even glance up from the grass.

I feel like John Travolta’s angel in “Michael,” the one who insisted on stopping at every roadside attraction in America. Just cruising around the country looking at giant balls of twine and that 15-foot tall black widow spider made from a VW bug.

She’s not the only roadside sculpture I ran across in Oklahoma. Not by a long shot.

More adventures by horse and mule: Travel by Horse and Mule.

More on the Atlantic to Pacific mule ride.

Let's Keep in Touch

Sign up for The River, the RiverEarth newsletter, for occasional doses of rambling and homestead life. Plus you'll get a free copy of my 155-page illustrated ebook 19 Million Mule Steps.

Just enter your email below and hit Subscribe.