Monday February 6 2017  A WONDERFUL DRIVE

Texas is flat.  At least the miles I drove today.  I will admit I’ve been to parts of western Texas that is anything but flat but today everywhere I looked was flat.  I couldn’t even tell when I crossed into Oklahoma.  So I guess Oklahoma is flat too.  But it sure was beautiful flatland.  No precipitation, but low clouds hovered most of the day.  Only when the sun began to set did the clouds part as if giving me a goodbye present in hopes of leave a good impression on me. 

The scenery was dressed in winter garb, harvested fields proudly displaying the stubble of last year’s crop and acre after acre of land dotted with hundreds of black cattle.   It was amazing to see such vast pasture land.  It seemed to go on forever.  For that matter, it seemed as if the highways went on forever. 

I stopped several times today for gasoline and/or potty stops.  However, I did make good time and actually arrived at the time I estimated.  Marilyn was quite surprised and impressed.  She said she didn’t think I ever looked at a clock.  Actually she is mostly correct in that assumption.

So much I could share about all I saw but the hour is late and I have another day of driving ahead.  We plan to spend the night in Des Moines, Iowa and drive the final leg of our journey on Wednesday.  Only two more days of unbridled freedom.  I so enjoy the time I spend on the road.

SO I JUST GO THE SPEED LIMIT

Kathleen Martens

February 6, 2017

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So amazed at the vast array

Of highways stacked in the sky,

Under and over, around and about

The cars seem to fly by.

Where are they going

In such hurried frenzy,

Little cars and big cars,

And fast ones to envy?

Day after day the highways fill

Never in solitude alone,

With purposeful intent always speeding

While talking on a phone.

Bullying pickups plow my tail

As if saying, “GET OFF THE ROAD!”

And when the drivers get in front of me

The next car they seem to goad.

So I just go the speed limit

And follow the driver ahead,

So I can live through another day

And not end up dead.

Thank You God for my safe trip today.

Thank You for the beautiful scenery my eyes devoured on this day of travel.

Thank You for country driving.

Thank You that I do not live in a large city.

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS YOU.