Day one O'Fallon - Amarillo, TX

Day one - June 10, 2013

O’Fallon – Amarillo, TX

Temp: 66-102 degrees

 Mileage: 800 miles

Time from hotel to hotel: 13.5 hours

 We left O’fallon at 5:30 am.  Sullivan was on the driveway sitting on his pillow rocking back and forth saying “I don’t want to go”.  Brian distracted him by giving him a job.  He was the ‘blinker checker’ for the motorcycle trailer.  We got him in the van with no problems.  It was within 2 minutes that the Nook and the Nam-Co old school video games were out.  Brian and I heard little from the boys for most of the day.

Oklahoma City Memorial

Besides the usual stopping for gas and bathroom breaks we only stopped at one remarkable place: OKC Memorial.  We gave a little history lesson before getting there but a park Ranger gave us more info about other building that were affected by the blast.   It was heartbreaking walking through the empty chairs and standing by the Survivors Tree.  Due to time, we didn’t go to the museum but we did pick up a pamphlet.  Sullivan was interested and wanted to go to the museum. 

When we left the drizzly 66 degrees of O’Fallon and stepped out into the 98 degrees of OKC it was quite the system shock – hair dryer comes to mind.  We drove a little further and made a pit stop.  It was now 102 degrees.  When leaving the gas station Seth smiled a “This is AWESOME” smile and said he really liked the hot winds and heat.  He said it was hotter but it didn’t feel that way.  Must have been a dry heat.    Mark my words, Seth will live in the desert and Sullivan will live on top of a snow pack mountain when they move out.  They won’t be close, but we will sure have great places to visit!

The Nook ran out of juice somewhere around OKC so Seth had to figure out how to bide his time without (gasp!!!) electronics.  A good old-fashioned hang man game started. 

Best Thing

Brian: The OKC Memorial was moving and touching. 
Seth: Waking up early.
Sully:  Nothing.
Sarah:  Peace in the car – very little issues.

 Worst thing

Brian: The trailer license plate flew off somewhere along the way.
Seth: When I couldn’t get a snack at each gas station.
Sully: Nothing
Sarah:  Going to Walmart to get a new charger for Nook.  The guy helping me was so high.