Route:40E
By the numbers:
1 - missed state sign
2.99 - price per gallon of gas in OKC
59 - price for a set of bull horns at a truck stop in Adrian TX
We got off to an early start since we had a long way to ride. Peggy made us some coffee and that served as breakfast for a 150 miles. The coffee was hot but not hot enough for morning in the high desert. We made it to Santa Rosa NM at 9:30-ish and found a little diner on route 66. The green chile cheese omlette seemed like the best omlette I've ever had.
We get back on the road and had to get used to the sights. All we saw was straight road for a hundred miles at a time. Every couple hours the road would turn ever so slightly in one direction. I snapped a few pics of NM and TX. And it was generally flat with a few slight hills.
Everything IS bigger in Texas - the flys, the cows, and especially the people. I can see why after all the fat-inducing food. I've had I need some fiber... Brisket has fiber in it, right?
I want to make a recommendation to the OK DOT - please put a sign in TX that warns me about the small welcome sign coming up. We completely flew past it and the next road was 8 miles up. Ooops.
OK was prettier than I had expected. The rolling hills, scattered rocks, and green grass were a pleasant change of scenery from TX. The landscape is so expansive that I thought a set of far away hills (50 miles) was water because it was so dark in contrast with the light colored hils.
A few sunset shots.
We finally make it into OKC and head downtown. We pull into the Sheraton and learn that a room is $185 a night. Too much for OKC we surmise and Tim pulls out his laptop. CJ the dor man comes out and chats with us since we're the only guys in the driveway. He asks us why we havet checked-in and we explain our money situation. We chat for a bit while the laptop tries to connect to the Internet and CJ recommends the Bricktown Hotel. Turns out it's $89 a night with free breakfast, 24 hour shuttle,and it feet from 40 for a fast take off in the morning. Perfect!
We park our bikes out front, clean up a bit and head to Bricktown for dinner and beers at The Bricktown Brewery. For the record, CA makes better beer.
We wandered the Bricktown canal area and I'm sure it's a fun place on a weekend. I wish I had my camera to snap a few pics of the canal, the bad cover band, and all the old brick architecture. The real gas maps on the street were a nice touch.
Sleep can't come soon enough since we have another 450 miles to Memphis tomorrow...
So far, we're holding up OK. We're both tired and my mid-back is stiff and sore from staying in the same position all day. Tim said, "Your the most fidgety person I've ever met!!". True - it keeps me moving on the bike and makes the time pass but it's also a distraction from riding so I need to focus a bit more...
All of the day 4 uploaded pics can be found here: http://flickr.com/photos/pacifisticuffs/sets/72157607624953579/
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