Doubletree Hotel Tulsa At Warren Place

Our first night of camping. We visited Will Roger's birthplace that was only a couple miles away. We walked on the boat docks down in the marina. There were a couple hundred boats there, pontoon party boats and sail boats. We saw some really beautiful sailboats.

We're already halfway with an ETA Casa Grande for Sunday. Gray day, fairly easy driving with no specific highlights. We're parked in a KOA attached to a Casino where we will have dinner and may spend a few nickels for fun. The trick is to never play the winnings, otherwise you loose everything. We're moving at a rate of about 300 miles/500 km per day, basically 6+ hours of driving. Thinking of you.

... from Australia. After I'd ordered she asked, "Where y'all from?" and when I said Australia she said, "Australia! Damn, I wanna travel somewhere big like that!"<br><br>The area where the motel was I think may have been the seedy side of Tulsa. This morning as we were leaving I stopped in at the service station next door to the hotel to buy fags and I was sure the guy being served in front of me (who was on something) was about to whip out a gun and hold ...

I made Juan drive through downtown Tulsa. Nuff said. &gt;.&lt;<br><br>Pics tho.<br><br ...

Ok..we have 2 more days till we depart.  Is everyone getting excited?  I know I am.    I just received confirmation from the Hotel in Alabama that we can make signs for the doors.  So let's get those creative juices flowing and make some signs.  Use your imagination and fake fur..maybe a splash of glitter..  Don't forget the coaches.. there is nothing more manly than a coaches name thats been bedazzled.  Here are a few pictures from the car wash.. 

... about for 4 days. What are the girls going to write? (I'm scared what some of them might say) Maybe I'm more confused why their parents would trust us with their kids. Kidding.. <br><br>I've uploaded pictures to see how this will look. I'm excited. So here you have it<br><br>Your BA Storm 2009...

... and Alex watched a movie in the van while I made updates to the blog.<br><br>We gained an hour in Tulsa. Our accommodations at the LaQuinta Tulsa Central were perfect. It was new, clean and friendly. The boys went swimming. Alex learned how to do the doggie paddle. We ordered in from the local Italian eatery and watched Kathy Griffin's D-List. Alex engaged in his favorite bed jumping activity. The girls were very relaxed overall.

... by a moat several inches deep. We trudged on to the meerkats and cheetahs, but neither were out to be seen. I decided to purchase a soda at the vending machines nearby - the machine ate all of the change I thought I had without giving me as much credit - I had apparently entered the coins too fast. I dug through my bag for more coins, determined not to be outdone by this silly machine. I found the coins I needed and very slowly fed them into the machine. Out popped ...

... time to driver up to Tulsa where I was raised and went to high school. After meeting Brett and his wife Tiffany, I checked into a hotel (Hyatt Place - GREAT) and then met 5 old friends (Angie, Brett, Hoang, Mike and Chris) for dinner and drinks at a local pub downtown. It was great to catch up with all of them. Back in Dallas, Tanya and I were carefully monitoring the swine flu epidemic and decided to ...

... in-law again and she demanded to speak to the supervisor. Using her (actually former) ties to 3M - a company with a tight relationship with Northwest - she basically made it clear that she expected him to get the situation taken care appropriately. Ok, so her senior position in 3M had ceased to exist years previous when she quit the company, but who was he to know? Anyhow, it worked. I was put on a NW flight to Chicago departing the following afternoon, to connect with a Tulsa ...