Texas Tour; Day 1

Chris and I planned this trip to visit my brother, Don, and to visit some Texas State Parks in the hill country.  The weather forecast at home for the coming week was not good so we were extra glad to be hitting the road south.

We left home at 8:40 am.  It was sunny but it was also 40 degrees.  A chilly start.DSCN0194

We rode south past Louisburg and through Fort Scott to Pittsburg, KS, where we stopped for gas.  It was a short distance south through Baxter Springs to the Oklahoma line.  For awhile, in the area of Baxter Springs and in northeast Oklahoma, we followed the historic Route 66.  The temperature had not climbed to 60 by the time we got to Oklahoma.  The Interstate 44 toll-way and 69 Hwy took us south to Pryor, OK, where we found a small hole-in-the-wall eatery called the Boomerang Diner for lunch.  It was a good choice.DSCN0195

Then it was 69 south through Muskogee, past Lake Eufala, through McAlester and Akota to Durant, OK.  It is interesting to note (for Chris and I, anyway) that Durant is in Bryan County, Oklahoma.  Our youngest son is Bryan, spelled this same way.  We stopped for the day at the Best Western in Durant, Bryan County, OK.

We logged 407 miles according to my odometer (388 miles according to Google maps).  It was a good day of riding with a high temperature of 77 and only a little rain south of Pryor, OK.

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Frank Bryant said…
Have fun. I am always jealous of your travel.
April 14, 2013 at 10:08 AM
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