Renaissance Tulsa Hotel & Convention Center

... 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!"

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 ...

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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..

I've uploaded pictures to see how this will look. I'm excited. So here you have it

Your BA Storm 2009...

Another rest stop on the way home. Tulsa was absolutely stifling with humidity and heat when we arrived. I guess we are heading in the right direction.

On the way to Tulsa, we drove through St. Louis. We had a great view of the Arch as we drove through the city. Jerry & I have both visited the Arch before, so we didn't make any stops here.

We did see a Nike Outlet at one of our roadside stops. Jerry went ...

... arch off of I-70)) Our St. Louis and MO experience are similar to skimming a chapter of a textbook; we get the picture, but we sure don't get much content.

The family fell asleep and I pressed on having made reservations (free rewards night) at the EconoLodge in Tulsa. The original plan was to get to at least OK city. The later departure made this a foolish proposition. We rolled in to Tulsa at 1:14 a.m. and got horizontal for a while.

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I will get to spend Father's day with my father who lives in Denver, Colorado and hope to see my other three brothers.

From Denver, I'll shift my travels to western Kansas and visit aunt Omah and my cousins. 

I'm looking forward to seeing the mountains of Utah and Colorado plus the wheat fields of Western Kansas.

I'm leaving Tulsa early to start my exploration of "The Mother Road" Route 66.

If I'm able to figure out how to work this software, I'll upload ...

Kelly invited me to her birthday party at Arnie's Bar in downtown Tulsa. Arnie's is a landmark establishment in Tulsa, our bartender Christina told me. She introduced me to Arnie's picture and even gave me a safe place to rest my head. We had a great time, but I may have had one too many.

... our planned trip to Cancun. Sucks...I was looking forward to it. In replace of sunny Mexico...I made a last minute adjustment to go to sunny Florida to visit mom. Plenty of sun, seafood and fishing were in store and I had a great time. Back in Dallas (again) Tanya had managed to organize a surprise birthday party for me at one of my favorite restaurants...Javiers. She did an amazing job hiding it from me and I ...

... the ********** of dawn and make herself look presentable for the camera. You might think that Julie and I would be jealous, but you would be mistaken. We are happy to sleep whenever we can. But we have, however, spent a bit of time speculating on why we haven't been punished...I mean...called to do these interviews. We decided that the #1 reason is because Erica is "the young pretty one". I think they realize that the hardware stores ...