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Day 28 - Oklahoma! Four weeks on the road.

A travel blog entry by tobyandcarol

No pictures worth sharing today, so my narration will use music to keep it interesting.

We left Fort Smith, Arkansas at about 9am, topped off the fuel tank, and crossed into Oklahoma at about 10.

Ryan was my co-pilot in the shotgun seat, so I had to pry the iPod away from him to play the Oklahoma soundtrack. It was so perfect, I love that musical. The drive was smooth, the road was empty and well ...

On our way to Weatherford, Oklahoma

A travel blog entry by charleybren

... and the temp didn't leave the 40's until we got close to Weatherford. Oh, yeah, and shortly after we were on our way on I-40 Bren passed a semi that appeared to have a slight oil leak that sprayed the front of the car and all over the windshield. Otherwise, an uneventful ...

Reide, Sally, Ride

A travel blog entry by danlogue

... was very empty, like a government town.

One obvious problem with using Triptik is that summer is construction season and interferes with the routes outlined and it isn't always easy to get back on track. The other problem is that if a ramp is closed, it isn't always the best plan to get off on the next one because if you have made a mistake, you may not be able to get back on the main route because while there are off-ramps they don' t always have on-ramps.
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Lost in Oklahoma

A travel blog entry by stumblebum

Broken Arrow to Weatherford - 284 miles Another day of poor road signing! We back tracked to Catoosa and found the lue whale easily enough. It was a long detour owing to a series of one way roads, but we both felt it was worth the effort. It also meant that we cold follow the old road into Tulsa where we visited the Route 66 Harley dealer. We found a lot of today's ride hard going with miles pin miles of unforgiving concrete slabs separated by what ...

Skipping Texas

A travel blog entry by jasonstaten

... fell asleep in my car for a few hours and then kept driving.

Around dawn I reached a town called Clinton and when I say no one was out, NO ONE was out. It had some cool architecture and buildings so I stopped and took a few pictures. As Idrove on towards Oklahoma City, I noticed I was seeing more windmills.

I was almost out of the great west and back into the ...