Day 4

We're in Oklahoma City. After all that hard driving the first two days we were ahead of schedule. Our initial plan had us stopping in Weatherford, but we got there so early we pushed on. We arrived in Oklahoma City early enough to take advantage of the pool, we all go to stretch out and unwind a bit. Though the timezone changes are really disconcerting.

Going through Texas I got the impression of slightly rolling green lands. Less flat than either Arizona or New Mexico but still without many trees. During our pass through it we saw two armadillo road kill and what might have been a coyote carcass. We were also stopped by a friendly law officer for going 79 on a freeway that has a speed limit of 70. Fortunately he saw that we were not terrorists just a poor family trying to make the best time to Ohio and gave us an official warning. This is something I've never heard of in California apparently in Texas they can warn you about your excessive speed. In California I think they just have to give you a ticket if they pull you over :(. So after a nice chat we were sent on our way... Whew!

Being cautious and figuring they wouldn't be as lenient on me if they caught me again I slowed to the speed limit for the rest of our travel through Texas... Still not too bad at 70 MPH.

Moving into Kansas we found real rolling hills and finally something we'd been missing: Trees. True the trees aren't as majestic as in Cali, but they were big and bushy and a welcome change of pace to the flat states we had been crossing. We also found that whenever we would talk (at fast food restaurants or gas stations) people would always stop and look at us... Guess we've entered places where our accent is exotic. We've also found that we don't know most of the chains around here. Rather than AM/PM they seem to have Loves, and I attended my first Taco Bell/KFC chain store. I guess they prefer chicken to pizza in this part of the states. We also stopped at a real Dairy Queen where the meals all came with ice creams, just my kind of place :).

Next stop is Memphis to visit with mother. I'll keep you all posted.