I made it to Oklahoma City!! Yeah! I left Russellville Arkansas this morning at 8:30 AM. I only stopped a few times to…uh, pee, and get gas. I drove into the hotel parking lot at 12:45 PM. The traffic wasn't bad at all on this stretch of the trip but the road construction was another story. That slowed me down some. Today's leg was 270.4 miles. I have now driven 1440 miles. What I don't realize yet is that I have to drive it again next week. Ugh! I'm actually thinking about taking a different route home so that I can see more states. I think I'll go north to Kansas, then to Missouri, then to Kentucky, then to West Virginia and then home to Virginia. We'll see how I feel come Monday morning when it's time to leave. There were some breathtaking views going over the Ozark mountains in Arkansas this morning. I didn't have the camera out so I didn't get to take any pictures. Plus it's hard as hell to drive and take pictures. I won't do that.

Speaking of taking pictures in the car, when I got to Oklahoma City, I tried to get the video camera out and take some video of the city skyline. While doing that, I totally missed the exit I was supposed to take and ended up going a few miles out of my way. No problem. I just circled back and found it. I don't have any pictures or video to add to this post. I just won't have time to do any more of that until I head home and have time on the road.

Travel Observations:

1. There are a million trucks on the road and they always move over into the left lane when they approach an exit ramp.
2. My bodily functions slow to a crawl in unfamiliar territory.
3. Roads are always under construction. There wasn't one road I drove on that wasn't under construction at some point.
4. The country is a beautiful place. The views were amazing. I wish my eyes were video cameras.
5. Having a cell phone when traveling is invaluable. There are cell towers all over the country now and I never lost a signal and I never roamed!
6. A high speed internet connection at your hotel is a must. Keeping up with the blogs and the Gay Bloggers Tribe would have been impossible. Each time I logged into the tribe there were hundreds of messages.
7. Hotel soaps are just too small for my body.
8. The AC units in hotel rooms make a constant hum, thus making it difficult to get a good nights sleep.
9. It's HOT in the south.
10. The price of gas is soooo much lower in the south. I paid $1.66 per gallon in Arkansas!

In about 3 hours I'll be driving over to Shawn's house! I'm so excited! I can't wait to see him…duh, I've waited almost 11 months, I can wait a few more hours. I talked to him on the phone when I got to Oklahoma City. He has to stay at work this afternoon since he's taking off tomorrow to spend with me. So I'm going to do some blogging, take a nap, take a shower, fix myself up, then head over to his house. I don't know when my next post will be. I hope to be preoccupied with other things…er, people for the next few days. Check back though, I might have found some time to post something.