Thursday was all Oklahoma. Oklahoma is… beautiful, but driving through it once was enough for me. A few fun facts I learned from Oklahoma include: they have a Vacuum Cleaner Museum, the shopping cart was invented there, and they boast being the birth place of Toby Keith & Garth Brooks (I drove past Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill). I stopped in to check out downtown Tulsa, which was nice, but the 120 degree weather kept me confined to my car so I didn’t explore as much as I would have liked. Thursday night I camped out next to a cattle ranch, and was almost blown away in the ridiculous wind… I would not recommend tenting in Oklahoma.
Friday I headed to Texas! I had been there once before, but to Galveston for Hurricane Ike Relief. This time, I stayed toward the northern part of the state and drove through Amarillo. I took a detour a friend recommended to the Palo Duro Canyon, which is second only to the Grand Canyon. That was gorgeous & amazing. I wish I had more time to hike around, but I was determined to make it to Santa Fe… plus more 120 degree weather was not conducive to canyon hiking.
On my way to New Mexico I took several of the Historical Route 66 detours off of the interstate and was treated to free museums (The Devil’s Rope Museum in McLean, Texas was all about barbed wire), and historical landmarks.
So what about Santa Fe??
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