My feet are soaked to the knees, there are reports of thunderstorms to our south, and a tornado (or five) appear to have touched down to our north. Greetings on our first night of vacation in Oklahoma!
We're currently in Muskogee (yes, the one in the Merle Haggard song, that Muskogee), at the Fairfield Inn, and the weather reports have Dad rather nervous. He's been concerned about the possibility of tornadoes since we decided to travel here, and a couple of places to the north of us (Henryetta, among others) appear to have seen the right conditions for a twister. Nothing like that here, thankfully -- just a lot of rain, heavy for a while, and flat dark clouds.
Prior to this, however, we left Syracuse Saturday evening a couple hours later than scheduled (not unusual for that segment of Amtrak, unfortunately). However, whether because of work on the tracks, or new cars for the train, or some other reason, this was the smoothest ride I've ever had on the train. I actually slept most of the night, which was a wonder in itself. Also, the late arrival in Chicago meant we only had a two-hour wait for our connection to Longview, Texas.
The ride to Texas wasn't nearly as smooth, but we arrived safely and on time, got our rental car, and made our way north. For this trip, we are testing out a new GPS unit (which I have nicknamed "Ethyl", for no particular reason), and which has worked pretty well the first day. This should make it easier to navigate, since it gives both verbal instructions and an on-going "movie" of our drive from Point A to Point B. (It does tend to gripe when we pull off exits to find restrooms, though....)
Aside from a lot of scenery, we haven't seen much worth mentioning, although we did pass the Muskogee Public Library (complete with statue of a large guitar in the front yard -- yeah, that song is a real big deal here). We are off tomorrow to visit a local Native American village and cultural center. Hopefully photos will appear then.
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