July 10, 2011

Dickson, TN --> El Reno, OK

Left at 7:45 this morning and arrived at 7:15 this evening.  We crossed the Mississippi before noon and were out of Arkansas around 4 pm.  Oklahoma is OK, but just OK.  It is very hot and the landscape looks scorched. 

The temp gauge reads "108".  Yuck!

Just after we crossed the border from Arkansas to Oklahoma, we needed a bathroom break.

Lindsay:  I need to go potty.

Me:  OK.  Billy, do you need to go?

Billy:  Ummmmm.  Yes.  I need to go Number 9.

Me:  Wow.  We better stop soon, then.

We stopped at one of those McDonald’s/Convenience Store/Gas Station places so we had to get some fries for Billy.  He’s got a fry habit.  A serious fry habit.  Any-hoo, Gerry and Karl went in while Lindsay, Billy and I stayed with Daisy (too hot to leave her in the car) so I decided to just go through the drive-thru while waiting for the boys.  Lindsay and Karl wanted a cone, but I got them a limited-time Rolo McFlurry instead.  It is apparently the McRib of McFlurries.  Lindsay wolfed hers down, but Karl does not like caramel (WHAT?!!) so his came up front and we went through the line again for a plain old cone, a diet Coke, and another fry for Gerry.  Let me just pause here for a moment to say that the Rolo McFlurry is like manna from heaven.  And unlike those ungrateful Isrealites, you would never find me complaining about this food, even if I did have to eat it for 40 years.  It was all I could do to eat only a few bites.  And I am generally not a fan of McDonald’s edible non-food.  But today was an exception.  I was actually glad that Gerry inhales his food or I would have eaten the entire thing.  And the fries were those perfect McDonald’s fries – fresh and hot, with just the right amount of salt.  Wow, I’m salivating as I write this. I hope the Rolo McFlurry isn't in Albuquerque.

Road hazard:  driving 80 mph, eating a Rolo McFlurry and
taking photos with the Blackberry.

Topics of conversation Gerry & I covered in the car:

• Landscaping for the yard
• Potential meals for camping that do not involve the grill, a fire, artificial dye, or dairy.
• Ways to argue better ("I like your shoes!")
• Why it’s called the Sooner State
• Gay marriage
• To Do list for the week we are in ABQ