June 12, 2004
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Oklahoma!
I have good and bad memories of our umpteen trips through Oklahoma. When Matt and I first drove out here to look for a house, we passed through Oklahoma during late spring season when flowers were just starting to bloom in the pale green grass.
I don’t know what these flowers are, but when they fill the valleys they look like a sea of pink! They’re probably some sort of weed, but I love them. These are shots from a rest stop on the Oklahoma tollway, close to Vinita and the largest McDonald’s in the world.
Bad memories of Oklahoma include getting my baritone ukelele stolen at a Love’s Truck Stop. There was a woman getting yelled at by her husband there, and I kind of hope she was the one who stole it. That ukelele got me through some rough times, and she looked like someone who needed it more than I do anymore.
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I dunno… my friends and I are due for another road trip… things seem pretty over there, and I’m sure my friend would like to see the Midwest again…
Hey there, Daniel. If you’re headed to the Midwest via the old “Route 66″, it’s about 1000-1500 miles away from me. Most of Texas is considered the “South.”
CoalMinersDaughter, I very much love Virginia. What I miss most is the honeysuckle that seemed to grow wild everywhere in the mountains where I lived. I miss that, and the fireflies! Like natural fireworks in July!