Day 2: Tennessee, Arkansas & Oklahoma...

Life on the road - what fun! We left bright and early at the crack of dawn (which is 7:30 AM for those of you wondering when that is) - after a great nights sleep at the Best Western in Crossville, TN. So after a breakfast of complimentary biscuits & gravy, eggs, donuts and juices we hit the road. 700 plus miles, Jumbo BBQ sandwiches, 3 gas stops, wild dogs and cats, 1 nuclear cooling silo and lots of chit chat on the walkee-talkees, we arrived in Oklahoma. We had hoped to make it to Oklahoma City but fell just about 30 miles short where we ate at a Chilli's and are now staying in a Holiday Inn express (and yes, we do expect to be smarter tomorrow!).

The weather has gotten a good bit colder as we make our way West. We started seeing snow in Oklahoma today and when we got into Shawnee there's a good 5 inches on the ground and lots of ice...it's about 28 degress now at 10:30 at night so hopefully the sun comes up and melts everything real early.

We hope to hit the road in the morning around 7:30 again, and spend a couple minutes at the memorial dedicated to those killed in the Oklahoma City bombing in the early 90's before darting across the pan-handle of Texas, across the state of New Mexico and hopefully half way through Arizona before another "pit stop".

One thing we have learned is that is sucks driving West when the sun is setting in front of you. For one, it's hard to drive when your eyes are being burned out of your head and two, did I mention the eyes being burned from the head..? Stay tuned...

Welcome to Tennessee!

Nothing says "Lovin" like a jumbo Tennessee BBQ Pork sandwich with a large Sweet Tea! Amen for the south...

Welcome to Arkansas! This has definately been the coolest welcome sign so far.

Nuclear evidence...Betsy admitted that her pee glowed in the dark when we stopped at the Rest Area just a mile from the nuclear reactor... we all took her word for it...wouldn't you?

Courtney's amazing Dog Chow Sweet Treats were a life-saver for those snack time breaks in Arkansas. Here Stan is pouring some for Jen in her "crack" as requested...say please!

Welcome to Oklahoma! A cold and wintry welcome this was...

Jen and Rick found an actual Seminole Tee-Pee that the native indians used when they had picnic lunches. It was amazing the great condition it was in...