Sheraton Hotel - Tulsa

... 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.. 

So we are down to 7 days.. 7 days...For a parent don't blink..For a 14 year old its like..omg that's forever and a hundred. Plus if I hear another teenager say "it's like" one more time I'm ramming my car in a wall.

I'm sitting here in the office trying to figure out what am I going to ...

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.

... the world the bumper sticker, and it was here on Route 66 that the great American driving vacation first flourished.  Billboards and giant statues along the highway still hawk a baffling array of roadside attractions, tempting passing travelers to swim alongside giant blue whales (Catoosa), to see live rattlesnakes and other wild creatures on display in roadside menageries, or to stay at 'Tucumcari Tonite'."  (Jamie Jensen, Road Trip USA, Route 66 pg 7)

In Oklahoma parts of Route 66 ...

... 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 ...

Tiba di Tulsa jam 23.00 (ada sedikit delay karena badai di Meksiko) saya dan Barry dijemput oleh Grams di bandara... Grams yang juga sales manager di Cittadel sangat ramah dan menyenangkan... kami pun diantar menuju hotel di Holiday Inn express di Jenks - Oklahoma.... Selamat malam Amerika...Ngantuk...

... garden, its very well maintained as is evidenced by the number of birds - humming birds, muorning birds, and even cardinals (beautiful red and brown birds). We even have time to fit in a spot of shopping - deliberations galore Adeline! After tea we meet some of Patti's friends who have relations and ancestors from Mayo! And scour the family photo album for photos ...