Thursday, April 26, 2012

"You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma"

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Whoever the aforementioned country song was written for should thank the writer.  Very green rolling wooded hills.  Not what you would expect for Oklahoma..  (Good song even if you are not a country fan.)

Awesome weather.  Sunny, evening temps in 60's, daytime 70's to 80,s.  Up at 0700 to christen the K-cup coffee pot which takes up WAY too much valuable counter space so I'm frequently advised.  We compromised by my promising to bring VD hot chocolate in bed every morning.

Left Lane Springs CG at required 0900 and before Freddie got up.  First task of the day was to rescue a post turtle, (google "obama post turtle"). Based on the quantity of road kill we saw the rest of the day, Missouri either has a LOT of wildlife, or lesser amounts of not very smart wildlife, especially armadillos.  Saved two more turtles later in theday.

Uneventful trip the rest of the day.  Gas down to $3.55/gal.  Conducted a thoroughly exhilarating training session on the use of GPS #3 (of 5).  It appears that VD's Law of Disappearing Electrons applies in Oklahoma also.  Will try again this evening.

Last stop of the day...  a quilting shop in Tulsa.  Seems OK quilt material is different than IL quilt material.  I amused myself by examining (and then throwing a quilt over) a $12,000 sewing machine.  My retirement car cost less.

Overnighting at Heyden State Park just west of Tusla.  Excellent CG with hot water showers and flush toilets.  (So much for "off the grid".)  Populated only by a few old retired people.

Had a nice little bedtime surprise coming back from the showers.


YES!  IT'S A  #$%!**!  TARANTULA!!  Small for a tarantula, but where's MAMA.

Night All

3 comments:

  1. YIkES! Big and hairy tarantulas... this reminds us why we enjoy walls of tents or funmobiles between us and the great outdoors!

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  2. What?! Since when are there tarantulas in Oklahoma? Wow. And here you said nothing interesting would be happening on Thursday.

    More jumping pix!

    Altho I bet there was jumping when you saw that spider :)

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    1. Gettin' too old for jumping pics, even for tarantulas. A rattlesnake maybe...

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