Day 10 - OKC back to Joplin, MO - Architecture
Some interesting buildings along the way. The most notable one was the Coleman theatre in Commerce, OK. Still being used to host performances.
Day 21 - Williams, California to Wilsonville, Oregon
Over 500 miles today in about 10 1/2 hours of drive time. I was tempted to get past Portland tonight in order to miss the morning rush hour, which is brutal. Oh well, I guess I will just have to sleep in and wait for traffic to clear! A few things made today more interesting. Somewhere around Medford, OR a patrol car came onto the freeway in no special hurry, but then turned on their lights and started weaving down all three northbound lanes. They did this for maybe half a mile while slowing down the whole way. It was effectively herding the traffic into to a group of slow moving vehicles. When the patrol man/woman had us all down to a walking pace, she parked her patrol car across the three lanes, jumped out and grabbed a truck tire from the middle of the freeway. She drug it to the side, ran back to her car and took off! Never been part of a car herding event before. Next up was meeting Ken Tidwell in Salem. He is a member o...
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You saw a lot of cool things today. I like the blue whale. I bet it's fun to have Dick along. Greta
ReplyDeleteMaybe, Greta have you met Dick? Mike C ha ha
ReplyDeleteMike. So far I’ve prevented 2 head on collisions and 3 pedestrians lives by yelling at him at the right time 😉. Dick S.
ReplyDeleteDick, remember where from your transportation comes!
DeleteAnd Mike C. Aren't you taking too many cell phone breaks?? Bad habit carried over from our work days. It's a wonder anything got done.