Day Two: Ummm, Pretty Boring Honestly

Good morning from Amarillo, TX!

We are just getting ready to head out for the day after spending another night at a Residence Inn. This location was not nearly as nice as the one in Joplin, MO but it still wasn’t bad.

Carter was much better yesterday in the car. He is required to wear a seatbelt in most states and you can imagine how he likes that. The first day of our trip we had to give him some Benadryl to calm him down – and yes we checked with the vet and apparently people do it all the time. Yesterday however, medication was not needed and he was a pretty good boy throughout the day.

We learned that my dad will be coming to visit in a few weeks and we are very excited about that.

Just a short word on rest stops in Oklahoma. They aren’t really rest stops. When I think of a rest stop I picture a place where you pull off to the road, perhaps surrounded by trees. There would be a building and some picnic tables, maybe even a vending machine. Not in Oklahoma. Apparently in Oklahoma a rest stop means the following: create a small path just to the side of the highway, literally a few feet; take some garbage cans and put them on an angle, supported by wood so people can put their garbage in there from the car; take a table and put a rusted out metal ‘roof’ on it. That is an Oklahoma rest stop.

Now Texas, they know how to do it up right. We didn’t stop in one since we haven’t been in the state long but they have buildings, big buildings for their rest areas. They looked amazing and provided some great views of the surrounding areas. Perhaps today we will take one in.

There really wasn’t too much of anything to see along the route yesterday. Today we will be making our way to Flagstaff, AZ. We toyed with the idea of making our way to the Grand Canyon but it just doesn’t fit in to our schedule well. I am going to try and make a quick stop in Winslow, AZ today though. You know …. “Standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona …” from the Eagles song Take It Easy.

Thanks again for reading everyone!