Date 5/16/10
Day 2
Miles 436 Today, Total RV miles 925
Above Sea Level: Yes
Sunday’s drive was much better than yesterday’s. Marsha drove about half the time to Sasha’s dismay. Larry’s lap is not a comfortable as Marsha’s. Things got exciting going through Oklahoma City.
Marsha was driving and you could see this huge big black storm cell heading for us from the North West. The sky was clear and bright to the South and those two humans couldn’t figure out whether to wear their sunglasses or their regular glasses. Well at one point the front of the storm hit us and pushed the RV all over the road. Marsha told me later that at that point she pegged her excitement meter. Luckily, Larry spotted a Flying J truck stop and they pulled over till the weather cleared.
Shamrock, Texas is right on the old route 66 and the original “concrete ribbon” still exists. We had to drive down it to get to our campground. Other than that and a historic gas station there ain’t much to, or in Shamrock. Although we did find a resident, (not that easy - population density here abouts is less then 5 humans per square mile) that proudly told us about the “Devil’s Rope Museum (Barbed Wire)” that was only 20 miles down the road from here. Follow the link to read the history of the gas station and the U-drop Inn.
http://www.oldgas.com/info/towerconoco.html
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