Entries from July 2007

Day 15: Life Is A Highway…

Date July 7, 2007

I wanna ride it all night long.
Today was spent mostly in Oklahoma- specifically western Oklahoma (minus the panhandle). I started the day in Enid where I visited the grave of my grandmother, her husband, and my uncle. Then I went to my grandmother’s old home just a few blocks away. There [...]

Day 14: Kansas, and Collapse…

Date July 6, 2007

As you can imagine my drive through the central plains states was relatively uneventful and boring, so I spent most of the time focusing on the book. I did manage stops in Kansas at Coronado Castle and Arkansas City and in Oklahoma’s Ponca City to see the Pioneer Woman. My mom was born in [...]

Day 13: The Badlands…

Date July 6, 2007

Today I drove from Rapid City, South Dakota to North Platte, Nebraska. In between that drive I hit the town of Wall (home of Wall Drug, which had been advertising since Wyoming), the Badlands National Park, and Buffalo Gap National Grassland. The Badlands were particularly impressive, if not reminiscent of parts of southeastern [...]