Day 1-2: Houston to KC

Day one was a sprint from Houston to Tulsa, OK. Running from about 1pm until arrival at 10:30pm. Highlight was a picnic dinner at a roadside rest stop in Texas just south of the Red River in the fading light of the day. On day 2 we briefly explored Tulsa, including a stop at the Gilcrease Musuem of Art, which included some works from Remington & Russell. I’d never been to Tulsa and didn’t have many expectations, so I wasn’t disappointed.

Next was another sprint to Kansas City and the Royals baseball game at Kauffman Stadium. We drove directly to the ballpark. Game time temp was 99° and there were long lines at every turn, including a crazy 50 minutes to get a hamburger! They claimed a post COVID shortage of workers and an unexpected large crowd (over 30,000). We had fun and the good guys won. And I was really impressed with the ballpark.

I-45 North. We generally try to stay off the interstate highways, but were trying to make time north.

East Texas

Paris, TX

Paris, TX

Site of a great picnic dinner. The next day in Tulsa we bought a piece of oil cloth for a table cloth for future picnics.

We passed a brick one-room school house and stopped to take a couple photos. As I was about to leave, and old man walked up to the car as if from nowhere and asked if I had any connection to the school. He said he owns the building and went to school there himself. He was hoping to find folks who went there that came back to take a look. He said the last students there were 1964. He also said he went there up to 8th grade and was the only student in his grade. His name was Loren Pringle.

Rural Kansan making their political thoughts known!

This was a really beautiful ballpark. Despite the unusual heat and all the waiting, a great place to see a game.