Reflections on Day 2 ... with a Few Photos

I was able to upload some of the photos, but not all. Of course, the ones that didn't make it were the best -- isn't that the way it always is? In looking through the rest, I realized that we have a lot of very boring photos of the highway. I know that at the time we were excited to see mountains -- a typical reaction of people from the Lowcountry -- and we figured "photo op!" But when you see the photo, it's really just the highway with a background that looks vaguely like hills. All of which is to say: I guess you have to be there.

Still -- I know how important the image is, so here are a few things we saw on the way. This is what we saw going through Arkansas:

Ok, I don't know what this looks like to you, but to us it looks like a nuclear reactor. Scared the hell out of us, so we got out of Arkansas as fast as we could. Also, we decided that the Eastern side of Arkansas is boring, but the Western side has a little bit of character, except for the nuclear stuff (if that's what it is).

Then we got to Oklahoma, where we saw this at the welcome center. The picnic tables are designed to look like teepees.

And in case you didn't figure out from those designs that there are Indians (or Native Americans to be politically correct) in Oklahoma, you'll see signs all along the way telling you that you're entering [Indian name] Nation. There must have been 10.

(By the way, I took the photo to include the car so Connie could get excited seeing her car getting closer and closer to her.)

Texas was pretty much like Oklahoma, except "flatter": you could see miles and miles away on either side of the road. Ditto with New Mexico until we got close to Albuquerque and started going through hills and then a mountain as we entered the city. Too bad those photos didn't make it, because they are awesome. (Spoken like a true Lowcountry gal, right?)

In case you're keeping up with the tally, so far we've been through 9 states: South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. 2 more to go: Arizona and California.