I’m a little nervous about this trip. It will be the longest yet - on my own. The sky is overcast, which is fine with me. I’d rather drive in cloudy weather than bright sunshine. There’s not much traffic on the turnpike as I head northeast. And, of course, nearly everyone is passing me by.
The countryside is as green as it can get in Oklahoma and the wooded, rolling hills make for a peaceful drive. There’s a relatively new bridge at mile marker 155 and it’s really nice. It looks like stone work and has the shield from the state flag on the center pillar. I had a hard time finding a photo of it but finally turned up this one taken by Gary McKinney and posted on Flikr. I can only link to it, so click here to see it.
$4.00 for the Turnpike fee! Yikes! A reminder to myself : get off at Bristow and Drumright on the way back; I haven’t been to those towns in a few years.
Wow! I saw a cow! I stopped for lunch at the Chick-Fil-A in Regal Plaza, south side of Tulsa. I didn’t realize it was National Cow Appreciation Day so I was thoroughly amazed to see so many cows wandering around the restaurant, both sides of the counter. Here’s what I saw.
It was great fun at one of my favorite places to eat and the service was extraordinary, even for Chick-Fil-A. I wasn’t dressed as a cow, but was appropriately in black and white.
Next stop was at Gardner’s Used Books on Mingo Road in Tulsa. It’s a big store and I found four books that I didn’t think I could live without. Headed east again and finally stopped for the day at Joplin. Tomorrow: Licking, Texas Co, Missouri and my first genealogy stop.
