Wednesday

Wednesday, April 21

I forgot to mention two things yesterday. When we entered into Oklahoma, there was a speed limit sign that said max 70 mph. Right under it, was another sign that said the speed limit is strictly enforced. After getting a warning in South Dakota, Chris takes it seriously and does the speed limit the entire way. At some point, after we entered Oklahoma, I saw a sign (but did not get a picture) that said we were at the exact crossroads, the very center, north/south/east/west, of the United States! Was it? Possibly. I dont know. Just thought it was interesting!

Today dawned at the normal time of 730am. We got up and got our staple breakfast of McD's. Bagel sandwiches! Yum. Ahhh, Im going to miss those when I get back home. We arrive at the Oklahoma City Zoo shortly after it opened. We walked around most of it, but it is huge! We were there for almost 3 hours and saw almost everything. They have a nice butterfly display. We saw the aquarium, cats, and bears. The elephants were at the Tulsa Zoo because they are trying to breed them and they are building them a larger enclosure. I saw some very pretty birds that I have not seen before, got a couple pictures! So after 3 hours, we have to get going so we head out.

We visited our only other destination for the day, Stafford Air & Space Museum. It was nice, saw lots of things about our space program. Gnrl Stafford was on two Apollo missions. There was some great information about his history; he is from Weatherford, Oklahoma. On our way out of town, we decided to stop and get shakes from McD's. We have been pretty good regarding lots of extra sweets this time, so it was a nice treat!

We headed out to where we planned to stay for the night, Amarillo, TX. Tuesday there were tornados in the area, so we expected some kind of weather. Instead it was nice and sunny. We got to Amarillo very early, so we decided to drive a little further, to get closer to our destination for tomorrow, Roswell, NM. As we were driving, we went through Hereford, TX. They are the "Beef Capital of the world". Yea, we know why. lol After we left town, we rounded a corner and there was a ranch that had thousands and thousands of cattle in pens right up close to the freeway. There were easily over 20 thousand. The pens area was about a mile long and maybe half mile deep. Just cows everywhere. Right across the freeway, a large ranch were cattle roamed free. Hmm.

We ended our night in Clovis, NM. The first sign once we entered NM was for livestock transporters that NM is a tuberculosis quarantine area and proper paperwork is required. OK. We headed for a hotel, the La Quinta. It was sold out. Our first sold out hotel on the trip. So we went across the street to the Holiday Inn Express. Got our room and ate dinner. Chris watched TV and I called it an early night. Chris laughed at me. But I was tired!

No rain!