Eastern Oklahoma is Oklahoma’s answer to Texas’ Hill Country.\u00a0 I’ve been through many parts of Oklahoma and this is by far the best yet; most of it is pretty flat farm land but out here, it’s cattle country.\u00a0 Farming has to be much more profitable than ranching though because as soon as it gets flat enough to have a farm, that’s all you see – no cattle ranches in the flat lands out here.<\/p>\n

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In Ada, Oklahoma their town “mascot” is a buffalo.<\/p><\/div>\n

Before I left Oklahoma I was able to see some aircraft in the pattern at Altus Air Force Base.\u00a0 Home of The 97th Air Mobility Wing they have C-17’s and KC-135’s based there.\u00a0 For those of you that might not know – those are both BIG aircraft so the pattern they were flying around in was visible from at least 8 miles away.\u00a0 Pretty cool seeing such large aircraft make steeply banked turns – sorry no pictures this time, the road was pretty busy and had no real shoulder.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was cool enough in the morning and even later in the day I had some cloud cover and it was really quite pleasant.\u00a0 Then, I stopped for gas and a bite to eat and when I got back out on the road it was severe clear and H.O.T.\u00a0 I’m going to have to make my run through the California desert at night or very early in the morning so I don’t melt.<\/p>\n

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Some parts of Texas are like this and lots of fun to ride through<\/p><\/div>\n

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Many – MANY more parts of Texas are like this – not so much fun.<\/p><\/div>\n

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If you’re moving somewhere and you wonder about the wind, check out the trees & bushes. These were not the best examples but they were convenient (the wind is not really blowing in this shot).<\/p><\/div>\n

I took another pretty big bite out of the remaining mileage today.\u00a0 I can’t ride much more than 500 miles going on the back roads with a trailer for lots of reasons.\u00a0 One is I would be riding into a setting sun and I try to avoid that.\u00a0 Another is that by then I’ve been on the bike ten or eleven hours and that’s enough when you’re doing it day after day.\u00a0 I was shootin’ for Clovis, NM but I ran into a fuel remaining issue.\u00a0 I had to backtrack once before back in Kentucky.\u00a0 When I got on the bike at my Aunt’s house, the fuel remaining gauge read 100 miles.\u00a0 I’d only ridden 65 or so when the fuel light came on & the closest fuel ahead of me was 2 miles past where my gauge said I’d run out.\u00a0 SO – not wanting to take that chance (been there, done that – 3 years ago) I turned around and rode 8 miles back to the closest gas station (I hate backtracking)….\u00a0 Anyway, today was kinda the same deal, not enough gas to get to Clovis so I stopped here.\u00a0 I stayed in Plainview, Texas last year on my way to Las Vegas and it was not a good experience. However, it was mostly a hotel and hotel location thing, so this time I stayed at the Super 8 vs. Days Inn and it made all the difference. They have laundry here and there are plenty of places to eat within walking distance.\u00a0 The girl at the desk said that the Mexican joint right next door had awesome food & a full bar so I headed over. The food was barely passable but the margaritas made up for it – inexpensive too.\u00a0 Two margaritas (almost Los Toros quality) and dinner was less than ONE margarita at Chili’s in Peachtree City, GA – never go there.\u00a0 Okay – time to get on the road, my goal today is to try to stay cool and hydrated – it’s the first day of summer. $\"50$ <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"