-12:05 TO 2:30PM - 35 MILES
-45 MIN BREAK
-3:15 TO 7:40 PM - 46 MILES
-81 MILES TOTAL
-5 HOURS 50 MIN TOTAL
-13.9 MPH AVG
THE ACCESS ROAD THAT RUNS ALONG I40 WAS ALOT OF HILLS GOING UP AND DOWN VERSES I40 WHICH WAS MORE GRADULE.OKLAHOMA HAS RUMBLE STRIPS ACROSS THE WHOLE SHOULDER ALONG I40 SO WHAT I WAS DOING WAS RIDING ON THE ACCESS ROAD THE MAJORITY OF THE WAY.ITS ALSO SAFER NOT RIDING ON THE FREEWAY.EVERY TIME THAT THE ACCESS ROAD WOULD CURVE WAY AROUND THE OFF RAMP AND THE ON RAMP INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE ACCESS ROAD I WOULD OFF ROAD THROUGH THE GRASS GET ON TO I40 THEN GO BACK THROUGH THE GRASS TO THE ACCESS ROAD TO AVOID RIDING MORE MILES THAN I HAVE TO.THAT IS A BENEFIT OF RIDING A MOUNTAIN BIKE RATHER THAN A ROAD BIKE.
THATS ME COMING OFF THE LAST EXIT OF THE DAY.IM BEAT
THIS IS THE LAKE WE STAYED AT IN FOSS,OK FOR THE NIGHT.IT WAS REALLY NICE.I AM STARTING TO FEEL MORE AT HOME NOW BECAUSE IT IS GETTING MORE AND MORE GREEN.EVEN THE SMELL OF WATER AND THE TREES.IM FINALLY OUT OF THE DESERT.IT IS JUST NOW STARTING TO HIT ME THAT IM RIDING MY BIKE ACROSS AMERICA.I AM REAL CLOSE TO HALF WAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST SIGN WE SAW FOR OKLAHOMA.THERE WERE NOT ANY STATE LINE SIGNS OR ANYTHING.THIS WAS THE FIRST REST STOP OFF I40 IN O.K.I DID'NT EVEN KNOW THAT KAREN STOPPED THERE AND WAS THERE AT THE SAME TIME.SO THIS GUY WHO SAW ME AS HE WAS RIDING INTO THE REST STOP ON HIS HARLEY WENT AND PARKED HIS BIKE AND WALKED BACK TO THE SIGN TO TAKE THE PICTURE FOR ME.AS HE WAS TAKING IT THE PICTURE KAREN WALKED UP.SO THAT PIC WAS TAKEN BY SOME RANDOM GUY.
THIS IS A BULL THAT STUCK HIS HEAD THROUGH THE BOB WIRE FENCE JUST TO EAT THE GRASS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE.I ACTUALLY SEE THIS ALOT ITS JUST HARD TO GET THE PICTURE BECAUSE AS SOON AS I STOP AND GET OFF THE BIKE THEY STOP DOING WHATEVER THERE DOING AND STAIR AT ME OR RUN AWAY.I FOOLED HIM BY GOING FURTHER AHEAD AND ZOOMING IN WITH THE CAMERA.AS SOON AS I GOT THIS PIC I TRIED TO GO CLOSER AND GET A BETTER ONE BUT HE IMMEDIATLY TOOK HIS HEAD OUT.
THIS IS ONE PIC OF A PARTIALLY ABANDONED TOWN.THERE WERE ALOT OF STORE FRONTS LIKE THIS ONE.ALL THROUGH TOWN THERE WERE PIECES OF BUILDINGS MISSING AND ALL KINDS OF ABANDONED PLACES BUT THEN WORKING BUSINESSES ALONG SIDE THEM AS WELL.IT WAS STRANGE I NEVER SEEN A TOWN LIKE THAT BEFORE.
THIS IS THE SAME PIC AS THE ONE ABOVE.THE POST OFFICE WAS ACROSS THE STREET.
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