May the road rise before you
May the wind be ever at your back
May God hold you in the palm of his hand and
May you be half an hour in Heaven
Before the Devil knows you're Dead.
Those who know me realize that my cup is perennially half-empty but today a following wind was determined to blow me North. Great for gas mileage.
I got off as planned at 3:30 AM and save for the truckers one shares the road with at that hour the drive was uneventful. I passed through Fort Worth around 6:00 AM and exited the Great State of Texas in a brief shower around 8:00.
My luck with central Oklahoma holds. Having had a bad breakfast last time I stopped at Joe's Egg in Ardmore I decided to give Denny's a try. Filthy washroom that looked like someone had staged a brawl there. My banquet seat felt like an elephant had crushed it. Service was glacial relieved only by an opportunity to use Wi-Fi. My seat beside a service area treated me to a misogynist head waiter ragging his staff and the waitresses bitching behind his back. My food was tasteless.
When I stopped for gas the pump was the second slowest I've ever encountered, the previous low also in West Oklahoma took 20 minutes to pump 30 gallons of fuel. At least at $1.93 I saved 16¢/gallon on the going rate. Some smart aleck pulled in front of me as I was about to leave the stall. Oklahoma looked parched.
As I approached Kansas the heavens opened in a cloudburst that drummed on my windshield. One still hits the toll booth, now automated before reaching the Welcome Centre. Alas another poorly maintained washroom. The info I requested was largely out of stock. I detest toll roads, this one cost me $2.25 today.
The sun came out. I arrived in Lindsborg around 1:30, set up, and went to meet my hostess. The season here is about a month behind Austin. It was warm but cooled off considerably as the sun went down.
May the wind be ever at your back
May God hold you in the palm of his hand and
May you be half an hour in Heaven
Before the Devil knows you're Dead.
Those who know me realize that my cup is perennially half-empty but today a following wind was determined to blow me North. Great for gas mileage.
I got off as planned at 3:30 AM and save for the truckers one shares the road with at that hour the drive was uneventful. I passed through Fort Worth around 6:00 AM and exited the Great State of Texas in a brief shower around 8:00.
My luck with central Oklahoma holds. Having had a bad breakfast last time I stopped at Joe's Egg in Ardmore I decided to give Denny's a try. Filthy washroom that looked like someone had staged a brawl there. My banquet seat felt like an elephant had crushed it. Service was glacial relieved only by an opportunity to use Wi-Fi. My seat beside a service area treated me to a misogynist head waiter ragging his staff and the waitresses bitching behind his back. My food was tasteless.
When I stopped for gas the pump was the second slowest I've ever encountered, the previous low also in West Oklahoma took 20 minutes to pump 30 gallons of fuel. At least at $1.93 I saved 16¢/gallon on the going rate. Some smart aleck pulled in front of me as I was about to leave the stall. Oklahoma looked parched.
As I approached Kansas the heavens opened in a cloudburst that drummed on my windshield. One still hits the toll booth, now automated before reaching the Welcome Centre. Alas another poorly maintained washroom. The info I requested was largely out of stock. I detest toll roads, this one cost me $2.25 today.
The sun came out. I arrived in Lindsborg around 1:30, set up, and went to meet my hostess. The season here is about a month behind Austin. It was warm but cooled off considerably as the sun went down.
