Very few. Spent most of today just making up lost time from earlier wanderings. Blasted from Albuquerque to Oklahoma City along Route 40. Few stops, only for gas and Nature.
- Spent most of the first leg regretting my Denny’s French Toast Slam with coffee. Not recommended prior to hours of driving. Many pit stops ensue. Ouchie.
- Cop scare on the way out of Denny’s. Luckily he was after someone else. Second such break I’ve caught on this trip.
- Tried to avoid stopping in Texas but hunger and fatigue got the better of me. I’ve not been very good about speed limits but I have been erring on the side of caution when I start to feel myself nodding off. Love’s Travel Stops are nice. I’ve also learned Stuckey’s still exists in some form or another.
- Noticed the Christian musicians on the radio out here have gotten really good at sounding like the stuff the Devil is sending to corrupt the unwary.
- Also radio-related, there was some Air Personality in Texas whose whole show appeared to be letting prisoners’ mothers read letters to their locked up spawn over the air. The host seemed to be working the Jesus grift but I could tell by the end of one of the more impaired mommy’s rants that he really wanted to die.
- Noticed there was some plant I’ve dubbed the Killer Mutant Dandelion spreading its spore all the way from Albuquerque to Amarillo. I took pictures of the ones I saw at Love’s until I noticed some of the local militia boys taking target practice at a nearby hill. Not worth dying for. Anyway it’s purple and prickly and its seeds look like huge white millipedes. They fill the air like soap bubbles at a kids party. Anybody know what these things are really called?
I also discovered the name of the manufacturer of all the crazy Christian t-shirts that seem to dominate the Gas-and-Gos along Route 40. He’s called “Kerruso” and you gotta admit he’s good at what he does. Check out his site.
Lots of material to work with there.
- Speaking of creepy Christers, why did they have to go and screw up perfectly decent National Oklahoma City Memorial with a goddamn statue of a crying Jesus?
To be fair I don’t think He’s part of the official memorial but He’s right across the street and it’s embarrassing. Was the crying eagle with the flag tattoo not available?
- Finally, I ended the evening at another Motel 6. They still aren’t putting shampoo in the rooms but at least they show you the vending machine where you can buy some. It’s the same machine that sells the toothpaste, the Lifestyles condoms and the Hostess Cupcakes I had for my dessert an hour ago.
You wouldn’t think they’d all taste so good together….
