Located off the main trail in the lone town of Weleetka, Oklahoma, sits a moderately busy roadside diner called the Cowpokes Café, 109017 N. 3870 Rd. On the way back to Oklahoma City after a recent trip, there were very few places to pull over, so this restaurant was very much a shining mansion eatery on the hill, inviting us in with a wholly meaty scent that I picked up a mile down the road.
A mixture of cowboy classic and Christian couture, I noticed a prayer request list and a thick guestbook sitting on the glass counter when we walked in. They inspired a small plea to God to let this food be worthy of my praise, gently whispered as we found a place to sit, right next to a Hobby Lobby-esque wall-hanging of a verse from the Book of Joshua.