I was gone two days less than three weeks . . too long to be gone from home but not nearly long enough with Addie.
You all know how much I do not like driving through cities but I have to admit that with the back to back to back trips (three trips in less than three months!), the more I drive through Oklahoma City and Tulsa, the less stressful it is. In fact, today, I was all the way through Tulsa and hardly realized I had been driving in the city. Then, it was the same way through Oklahoma City. I was all the way through the worst part of the city driving, right at the I-40 exit and came to a complete stop.
It was actually four lanes . . not moving at all. We sat still for at least 10 minutes, then began inching along. Vince called and said “How’s it going?” I said “I’m just thinking about getting my knitting out!” He said “WHAT??” He then got online to see what was going on. He said he saw a traffic camera and I began asking him if he could see this truck or that truck . . thinking how funny it would be if I waved at him on the traffic cam but then he said all the lanes he saw were moving so I knew he wasn’t seeing the same traffic.
It ended up that it was an accident and they were having to funnel four lanes into two lanes of traffic.
That 10 hour trip on the interstate made driving on the highway to my house seem really quiet and peaceful.
You can see our highway is needing repair, which is pretty unusual for Texas roads.
These piles of road base on the side of the road have us thinking they’re about to resurface the road. I was hoping it would happen while I was away but . . it didn’t.
The wild flowers are still blooming like crazy. There are purple flowers blooming down the driveway that we’ve never seen before. Usually by June 1, the wild flowers are long gone but we’ve had so much rain this spring, they’re still beautiful.
I think I’ll sleep like a rock in our comfy bed, without little girl feet in my side, and with our good air conditioner. I think Chad’s a/c is on its last leg but he thinks it’s fine . . I was hot every night there but they don’t keep their house as cool as we keep ours. So . . I’m looking forward to bed time!
Teri says
Welcome home! Glad you got there safe and sound!
DonnainKS says
So thankful you are safely home! With the KS, MO, OK weather what it’s been these last weeks, I wondered if you would take your usual route. Our travel within the city has been changed by high water several times. I know your time with “those three” is special but our own bed is always good! I hope the new job is going well.
Liz says
I’m glad you made it through Tulsa & OKC. Since they finished the road improvements through Tulsa, it is a lot easier, but I bet you didn’t look down at the raging Arkansas River. I dislike that intersection of I35-I40-I35 but it’s because it’s been changing ever since I moved here. Then add I-44 in the mix and it’s a bit of confusion for visitors and locals.
I’m not sure if the sports events impacted traffic, but today was the first day of the Women’s College World Series and both OK State and OU are playing and the men’s baseball regional is starting tomorrow at the Bricktown Ballpark. The baseball field in Stillwater (OSU) was too wet after all of the rains, so they made the decision to move the games to the OKC park.
Enjoy your bed and the beautiful wildflowers….
Karen says
We’re heading for Texas Sunday – we usually drive thru Arkansas – it’s a bit longer but a much prettier drive with less truck traffic but with all the flooding there we’re going the 44 to 35 route – hate driving thru those big cities, traffic is always heavy even on the weekends. Glad you’re home safe and sound.
Nelle Coursey says
Welcome home!! There is more horsemint growing this year than ever! Could it be that? It has buds about as big as a large bluebonnet, but they are a lot taller.
Susan says
What beautiful wildflowers those are. I’m glad you are back home, and I bet Vince is, too! He must have missed you. =)
Twyla Starr says
Glad your return trip was a good one. It would take a week for me to get over driving that long.