1 Sooner Rest Stop - Thursday Oct 11 2007

A live report from Oklahoma. We got a somewhat late start Wednesday but still made Chapel Hill in time for an early afternoon lunch on Franklin St with Stephen & Lewis. We just met after Lewis' 1 o'clock class instead of before and lucky for us Stephen's 3 o'clock meeting was rescheduled. Several pieces of pizza later we head west again and make Nashville just before midnight their time. We would have been earlier except we were slowed down near the state line by a truck wreck, the mountain and the truck had a too close encounter. Happy smiles, fresh coffee and hot roasted pumpkin seeds greeted us. Well almost happy smiles. Donald was being gallant about his first lose in Scrabulous to Donny which had yet to actually take place as he had one more tile to play. But he played it while we were there and so his perfect record is a bit less so, still he made a great comeback and with a few more good letters the tide would have turned. They want us to stay over, but we decline. So Terri does the next best thing and sends us off with a supply of yummy looking cookies. Donny & I have been able to keep up our Scrabulous games while on the road with a nifty device he got us that lets the laptop pull in service just about anywhere. How many mindless things can I do on Facebook while putting off trimming threads on the hundreds of SandyBands I brought along. We are good with taking turns driving and napping or hanging out on line while 'off' duty. So far we have both driven in each of the four states we have progressed through. I had most of the shift through Arkansas and was amused at the adult mega store called X-Mart. More from the Rockies!