Oklahoma City!

Wow! What a long day of driving!! We set off before 9 am, and we're just settling into a newly remodeled Days Inn in Oklahoma City at almost 9 pm! Lots of bloody, gory roadkill out there today, so I was sad for all the dead things. There are TONS of cattle roaming the hills (cowboy country, of course) and all the little baby calves tagging at their mamas sides are super cute :) We must've seen 500 hawks, they're like the pigeons in the city out here. I wish it were easier to snap photos from a 70 mph car, because we've gotten some up close looks at them diving for food!

We stopped in Kansas City for lunch at Arthur Bryant's for some down home BBQ sammies (um, yeah, if I had that every day, I'd be a deuce and a half!!!) and visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the American Jazz Museum. They squeeze a ton of information into that baseball museum, and it was all kind of painful to read about, but uplifting, too. Amazing to think that players still alive today went through that struggle, it's sad and incredible. I got a bit choked up standing in their silent replica of a baseball diamond with life-size statues of some of the old Negro League players. You can walk right up to them and it felt kind of eerie. We didn't have a whole lot of time for the jazz museum, though I did insist on checking out all the glittery dresses on display in the Women Of Jazz section. Lots of sequins, beads and glitter! We were very glad we made the stop.

The rest of the day was spent driving, with a few stops to stretch our legs. The stormy skies were gorgeous, and I had a brief thought of the movie Twister as we watched the skies get dark across the vast landscape, but it only produced a little rain. John kept seeing lightning, though I kept missing it, and John even saw one of those Storm Chaser trucks! The trees, when there are trees, seem really unique out here, almost like they're permanently wind-blown and leaning.

Tomorrow we're going to try to get to a few sites around Oklahoma City, the Federal Building Memorial, the planetarium, and maybe I'll try to find some funky place to have lunch before we head out for Texas. I've eaten far too much already, and I'm actually looking forward to a lot of hotel time in Fort Worth so I can use the gym and pool!! I NEED IT!!

We called Mum to wish her a happy Mother's Day (sounds like she got a nice lunch and surprises today, YAY!), and she's informed us the kitties are a little perturbed! Our little nutters!! We miss our babies!!!!!
Love to all, R&J