Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Greetings Pardners from Amarillo, Texas, the Lone Star State,
Not much to report today friends. We're just trying to put some miles behind us to get home and see our loved ones and resume our "normal" lives. We awoke to warm cloudy skies and departed Joplin, MO, this morning. Within 30 minutes we were suiting up in rain gear and heading into our first thunderstorm of the day. Today, our trek took us through Tulsa, OK, Oklahoma City, OK, and on to Amarillo, TX, for the evening, some 481 miles.
We stopped at an interesting McDonald's on the toll road in Oklahoma. The restaurant extended across Interstate 40 and featured a statue of Will Rogers out front. Just outside of Oklahoma City, OK, we stopped at Harley World Harley-Davidson and escaped without buying any T shirts, that was a first for us. We then walked across the parking lot and enjoyed lunch at Buffalo Hot Wings. I wish we had one at home. They feature more than 20 different flavors of wings. Yummy!
Travelling westbound toward Amarillo, we weaved in and out of the passing thunderstorms, watching the massive power of nature with winds nearly blowing us off the road at times and lightening flashing from black clouds overhead. Finally, there was no avoiding a major thunderstorm cell and we got hammered for a few minutes as the cell crossed the highway in front of us. It was so hot, we just opted to forgo rain suits and get soaked as we knew we would dry out shortly in the late afternoon heat. And, the temperatures which were hovering in the high nineties would fall to a more comfortable eighty degrees when we entered the thunderstorm cells. It was a welcome relief from the hot, humid afternoon.
We rolled into Amarillo, TX about 6:00 PM and checked into our hotel. After a quick dip in the unheated pool, Lane and I opted for Japanese dinner while Bill and Steve chose to do laundry. Tomorrow, were off to Gallup, MN. Then, its on to Kingman, AZ, on Friday and back home to Santa Clarita, CA, on Saturday.
No comments:
Post a Comment