We have been 1450 mile since we left home.

We started out today with breakfast in Arkansas, had lunch half way through Oklahoma, and finished with diner in Texas. We are in Amarillo for the night.

The western half of Arkansas was not as flat as the eastern half, in fact, we drove through the Ozark Mountains (home of the Daredevils). The Ozarks are not quite as tall as the Uwharrie mountains (in otherworks they are hills).

The eastern half of Oklahoma is much like wester Arkansas believe it or not. We ran into our first real traffic in Oklahoma City, nothing major, just a little slowdown. I would have to vote I-40 through Ok City as the worst stretch of road I've traveled in some time, it was so rough that I had to repair one of the roof A/C covers that had broken during all the bumping around.

Once we left Ok City, we started through the plains, it was just awsome. Being able to look out and see for 15 or 20 miles is incredible. There are few trees to block the view and it looks just like in the movies.

We shadowed the old Route 66 for most of the afternoon, glad we are on the big road as parts of Rt. 66 are narrow.

When we crossed into Texas the landscape changed from some trees to no trees, just miles and miles of open field.

There were a lot of windmills in Oklahoma. Take that OPEC.