Oh Oklahoma

Oh Oklahoma

Today was a great day on the road. The scenery finally changed and we saw green fields, budding trees, and rolling hills. It was also a great day for road signs. We loved that there were billboards that said JESUS right next to the ones for Adult Superstore. My personal favorite was an ad for reverse vasectomy. I mean that's great, but does it really need to be on a billboard? In rural Missouri it does.


It was 500 miles from St. Louis to Oklahoma City. Leaving St. Louis I kept remarking about how sweet of a city it is, but it is completely deserted after 5 pm. Soon I found out that Oklahoma City is the same way. Here is one last shot of the awesome hotel in Clayton/St. Louis. Thank you to Beth for recommending it.

We made great time again today, I drove the first leg and got nothing but sunshine and blue skies, Doug drove second and was pounded with rain. Where there's rain and sun, there's a rainbow.

We made a stop on the Historic Route 66 for the first time. The attached picture is actually from a gas station in St. Louis because the real Route 66 wasn't worth photographing yet.

This is for the kids in the Nintendo generation: while I was driving today I couldn't help but think about how much the views looked like level 3 of Rad Racer. Straight roads for miles and miles, all I was missing was the techno tunes. If only I had to reach black checkered flags to keep moving instead of putting $2.50 per gallon gas in my car...

Oklahoma City is home to the Oklahoma City National Memorial to remember those who were killed in the April 19, 1995 bombing. At the time it was the most violent and deadly act of terrorism on American Soil killing 149 adults and 19 children. The memorial is beautiful and is definitely worth seeing if you are ever in the Ok City area. The lighting was perfect for photography today and I have attached the following pictures.

After seeing the memorial we drove around Oklahoma City looking for a buzzworthy area. Down by the Ford Center people were rapidly filing into the OK/NO Hornets vs. Dallas Mavericks game. This was the busiest area of the city, as everywhere else seemed dead. Then we happened upon Bricktown, an amazing little neighborhood. Oklahoma is the birthplace of Mickey Mantle, so outside Bricktown ballpark, home of the OK City Redhawks, is a Mantle statue and the Mickey Mantle #7 steakhouse. Very cool.

After getting a shot of me and Mickey, my camera died. I would have loved to show you more of Bricktown, but here is a shot that hopefully captures the atmosphere.



Welcome to the 21st Century: Death Cab for Cutie and Stars: Doug really liked Death Cab and enjoyed Stars as well.

Quote of the Day: "Looks like a redneck bus just let out"-Doug while analyzing the line at a Subway in the middle of nowhere Missouri

Santa Fe tomorrow, I'm really looking forward to it since the ride should look like this....