Saturday: How many times have I gone this way?
I got on the road fairly early for a change and was past the Lake traffic before it
was too busy. Stopped in a Waffle House in Springfield for an early lunch and then headed on to Oklahoma. The weather was nice and cool enough that I didn't need the car AC until I got to Tulsa. Highway 65 is re-done as a divided highway all the way to Springfield now so that made it easier. Unfortunately the interstate and turnpike are messed up in Tulsa and a good part of the way to Oklahoma City....cars were backed up for miles in the eastbound lanes. They are working on a Saturday so they are trying to get it finished but still have a lot to do. Westbound wasn't nearly as bad. I might try to come home a different way...maybe through Wichita.
I got on the road fairly early for a change and was past the Lake traffic before it
was too busy. Stopped in a Waffle House in Springfield for an early lunch and then headed on to Oklahoma. The weather was nice and cool enough that I didn't need the car AC until I got to Tulsa. Highway 65 is re-done as a divided highway all the way to Springfield now so that made it easier. Unfortunately the interstate and turnpike are messed up in Tulsa and a good part of the way to Oklahoma City....cars were backed up for miles in the eastbound lanes. They are working on a Saturday so they are trying to get it finished but still have a lot to do. Westbound wasn't nearly as bad. I might try to come home a different way...maybe through Wichita. I got into Oklahoma City a little before 4 PM and checked in at the motel. It is an EconoLodge that I've stayed at before - cheap and nothing special. It was pretty hot and steamy so I needed to cool off for a while.
Went to Bricktown for supper and found the Tap Werks pub on Sheridan Ave. It has over 100 beers on tap and about the same variety in bottles. I had a couple Fuller's P
ride pale ales that were on special for $3.00 a pint and a very good Reuben sandwich. There was live music scheduled there for tonight and also at a number of other places close by.No baseball game so the ballpark was quiet. I walked around a little and listened to a band playing outdoors a
t one of the bars but it was too hot to stay very long. They have a little river walk but the water seems to make things that much more humid. They also have a Banjo Museum.
t one of the bars but it was too hot to stay very long. They have a little river walk but the water seems to make things that much more humid. They also have a Banjo Museum.Headed back to the motel and watched part of a John Wayne movie marathon.
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