Signs of Life in Bleaklahoma

Oklahoma was mostly a blur of badly-maintained highways, roadkill, and bleak landscapes from the window of our white minivan.

Eskimo Joe's in Stillwater, OK (do you want cheese fries
with that derogatory ethnic caricature?)

We started in Tulsa (where I did not see the "Golden Driller"), stopped briefly for burgers at a famous institution in Stillwater, passed through Oklahoma City (where I did not have the chance to visit the Beef Jerky Emporium), and finished the day in Norman--located in the bluest (but, still red) of Oklahoma's counties.

Can you believe that gas is under $2!

After Norman, we drove about 3 1/2 hours to Dallas--passing about 15 billboards advertising Robertson's Ham Sandwiches (and REAL beef jerky).

I never did have one of those ham sandwiches

Finally, we crossed over into Texas, which looks remarkably like Oklahoma.

The end of Oklahoma