Weekly Travel

Weekly Travel


Well, we got up in the morning and the wind hadn’t blown us away. Just about though. We drove south of Oklahoma City and the winds were really picking up. We didn’t have to be in Dallas for two days, so we decided to have a short drive today. We found an RV park right near the Oklahoma/Texas border and got a spot with no problems. The pool and hot tub were open, but it was getting colder by the minute it seemed. It was going to be a two furnace heating night again by the looks of things. The weather report was still calling for high winds (which hadn’t diminished yet), rain, sleet, snow flurries, possible tornadoes, and just generally bad weather. We were glad to stay put and not have to drive the RV in the ice and freezing rain. And stayed put we did, for two days. The locals were all shook up with the "big storm". There was a lot of ice and wind, but by our standards at home for a winter storm, it was routine. People didn’t go to work, the schools shut down and things basically came to a halt. Yes, the great Oklahoma storm of 2006. We made it through. Now if it was summer, I would imagine they get some fierce storms and tornadoes. I guess when they aren’t used to ice and snow it throws a curve into getting around. Anyway, we were glad we weren’t out driving in it. A couple of locals said to us not to drive down there to Texas. They are crazy drivers down there and they will be all over the road in this weather. Y’all better stay put. Most conversations we had with any locals ended up with them making some sort of comment about Texans. I take it they have a bit of bad blood between them. After our two days and with some better weather on the horizon, we were on our way to Dallas.