Day Two Was a Shorter Travel Day.

Thursday, April 20, 2023

As I mentioned in our last post we had a slight delay to our day while Tom changed a latch on one of our compartment doors. Luckily he carries a couple of spares and he was able to get it changed out in no time. So after about a 100 minute delay we were on our way heading East on US-54. For the most part the wind was not to bad but from what you will see in the pictures below today's ride was along wide open spaces and as the song from the Musical  Oklahoma says, "where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain". After 144 miles, short day today, we are at a Walmart in Guymon, OK and I had to get at least part of the lyrics in the blog...lol As always I took way to many pictures and after deleting several times this is what is left. Today's route was entirely on US-54 going East. 

Our stop for tonight.

This is where we spent last night. A decent one night stop.
It really has the potential to be more than it is. All the sights
are pull throughs with cement slabs and full hookups. It just
 needs some tender loving care and it is to bad it is not getting it.

We are finally moving after our slight delay.

I saw several windmills today.
I always enjoy seeing these as we travel along.

I started taking pictures of trees.
I do love all the different shapes and sizes.
No I am not going to make you look at all of them.

I have mentioned before in the blog we very seldom pass

anyone and if we do I take a picture of the event.

Today we passed a train.

There was not much left of Nara Visa, NM.

The dark stripe is a green field in the distance.

I just liked how the road curved in front of us.

We have crossed into Texas

and look at the beautiful road ahead of us. 
There were passing lanes every four miles.

Another train going west

and it seemed to stretch out forever.

What can I say but I needed to include a Texas tree
and I really liked this one.

More fields including a  green one in the distance.

We saw a lot of these today and again even though I 
took a picture of every  one we saw they are not all here.

Passing through Dalhart, TX

Then there they were, several Longhorns, and I almost missed
them. The ranch had several grazing near the road for us
tourist to take pictures of. Now that may not be true but it is
my belief and I am sticking to it....lol 😊

Just liked the look ahead.

We did see several trains today...:)

This cowboy looked like he had been 
protecting his land for awhile.

We are driving through Stratford, TX

Wind turbines and green fields.

Texhoma, TX

We crossed into Oklahoma and the roads changed from 

smooth to rough but the scenery did not.

One last train picture for today and some Oklahoma trees.
There had to be an Oklahoma tree...lol

A quick look at Oklahoma's part of US-54.
Though we are on four lanes and there were some smooth areas.

This is the sign for Oklahoma Panhandle University. I wanted
the picture because of the cowboy on top and then the truck
went by and messed it up. I still think the little cowboy is cute.

So that was today's ride through rural America. We touched three states today and Texas had the best road and I was excited to see the longhorns. The wind was with us for the whole ride but the gusts only started hitting the drivers side the last hour or so. Once we were on the road it was an uneventful travel day and those are the ones we really like. We will be leaving Walmart here in Guymon, OK shortly and in not that many miles we will be in Kansas. We are missing the warmth it is only 42 degrees but we will be pulling out under blue skies.

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