Current location: Amarillo, TX
Miles Traveled: 1,547.9
Day two=complete!
I left Rolla this morning around eight and started towards Oklahoma City. I passed Ft. Leonard Wood and there was smoke everywhere. I thought it was just fog at first, but i could actually see it billowing up, and it was a dark gray color. I tried to find out from my friends at LW if Missouri was having forest fires, but no luck.
When I got close to the border of Kansas and Missouri, I got off the interstate and onto Historic Route 66 in Joplin. I followed it for a few miles before coming to a life-size Mater tow truck from the movie Cars. I had read that the movie was based on Route 66, so I was very excited. I stopped, took a few pictures, and talked to the lady that had given a lot of information to the makers of the movie. The street had a lot of buildings that had been featured in the movie.
I drove into Kansas on route 160, and I made a discovery. Kansas is weird. I stopped along the road in an wooded area on a road that was barely a road in order to use my phone. Then, three white limos drove down the road filled with elderly people, all who stared and pointed at me. I kept driving and came to a bridge with a very descriptive sign. It read, "Bridge floods. Turn around. Don't drown." I should've taken a picture...
Anyway, I eventually turned south into Oklahoma. A year ago to the day I was in Oklahoma at boot camp. I can't say that I miss those days... I don't understand Oklahoma turnpikes. I payed literally five times on one road. When I got on, they gave me a ticket. It told me that in 27 miles, I would need to pay $3.15. I drove twenty-seven miles, and sure enough, I came to a toll booth. I paid, and kept driving...on the same road. In seven miles, I came to another one. This time, I had to pay $1.35. I drive three more miles, and had to pay .35 cents. This was all on the same road... I exited, paid another toll, got food, got back on the road... And paid again. I don't think I like Oklahoma. I'm going broke. Haha.
When I saw the sign for Texas, I was pretty happy. Amarillo is my last stop before Santa Fe. Everything was extremely flat, with gorges cut into the earth. It started to rain, and it was beautiful because I could see the rain miles before I drove into it. It was just like the clouds had touched the ground. Amarillo is a nice place, and I'm going to take some time tomorrow to explore the area.
I keep thinking that I'm missing cool things, but my favorite part of the trip so far is just driving. I think I'll need a separate trip to just stop and see everything. :D
