Springfield to Amarillo

     Got my continental breakfast at 6:30 A.M. and was on my way to stop off at Oklahoma City.  It was the usual, more farmland on either side, tons of cows and horses just grazing in wide open plains.  Pretty cool at first, I really wanted to jump a fence and run around with some of them that would have been fun.  But I decided to maintain my sanity and just keep going forward.  Right away I noticed I had a problem because my windows were becoming a bug massacre, kinda hard to take any decent pictures when they are dirty.  So I stopped off locally and cleaned them.  Most of this trip was driving through Oklahoma with an hour of Texas at the end.  I missed an exit right before Oklahoma City and did get to take some pics of moo cows, they just glared at me when I yelled to them, jerks.

     When I got to Oklahoma City I went right to the memorial for the Oklahoma City bombing.  It was the best part of the trip thus far and made the St. Louis arch look like a waste of time.  I got to stand right where the building was and admire a lot of beautiful sculptures and tributes around the site.  The worst parts were the kids playground site and the chain linked fence memorial.  It's so weird there because the city itself ins't that big and the memorial is right in the middle of it, I can't believe it's something they see everyday.  It was just another reminder to seize the day and do what makes you happy because you never know.

     After about a half hour I was back on the road and eventually into Texas.  The grass seemed to get more and more dead and yellow and the soil had a reddish tint to it.  It was actually kind of interesting there were a few small canyons and a lot of old rustic farms to look at.  I stopped off for lunch and got the same "you are not from around here" looks from the truckers and locals.  They were once again very nice in every interaction though.  I did get to see what looked like a drug bust on the other side of the highway and two actual tumbleweeds roll across the road.  Finally I entered Amarillo around 3:45.  Tomorrow I will be heading to Flagstaff AZ.  I will catch you now or I will catch you later....peace.