Burs in the saddle October 27-29 2010

David’s city rhyme: It's really true I swear that we're spending the night in Sayre.
 

Flat Lands of Texas

Largest Cross in Texas!

Oblivious no longer, truck driver

There was a bit of excitement as we traveled towards our next stop. We were traveling along just fine when a truck hauling a horse trailer blew the right rear outside tire on his duel axel trailer as he passed us. Flying pieces of black tire hit the front of the motorhome and the windshield. David honked at him to get his attention but the truck driver remained oblivious and sped on past. We couldn’t drive fast enough to catch up with him so we had to hope he would figure it out before he ran into worse problems and hurt himself or the two horses in the trailer. A few miles down the road we spotted the trailer stopped on the side of the freeway. The other rear tire on the right had finally blown. At least the driver and his horses were somewhat safe.

Oklahoma at last

Route 66

 We found a great place to stay in Sayre Oklahoma; the Sayre RV and City Park. It has wide sites with heavy duty picnic tables. We were surrounded by a golf course, tennis court, trails, playgrounds, and ponds.

There were only a few RV’s at the park so we had lots of privacy. It was so quiet and beautiful we decided to rest there for a couple of days.

Picking out the Burs

The hard part came after we went for a walk and the dogs came back limping. The ground is covered with burs that stick fast and hard to everything. The poor dogs had them in their paws and in their hair. They were so hard to pull out we had to get some needle nose pliers to remove them. We discovered how tenacious this weed is when we walked bare foot in the motorhome and got them in our feet too. The dogs brought them in before we knew they had so many stuck in their hair.  These burs were so strongly attached to the rugs; we had to cut them out. There always seems to be at least one negative to every place we visit.

Geese and more geese

David wanted to find a Mexican restaurant so he checked the phone GPS for listings of local restaurants. Ten came up on the screen so we selected one. It turned out to be a field near the railroad tracks but no restaurant. We chose the next one on Main Street and that one wasn’t there either. Finally we thought we might get lucky if we chose one of the Sonic drive ins. No Sonic drive in at the next location either. Just as we were about to give up, we found a Sonic just up the street. This was the only restaurant listed that was still in operation in Sayre. The people must come from miles around since it is the only fast food restaurant available.

Beckham County Courthouse

We saw our first Oklahoma buffalo statue in front of the Beckham County Courthouse. Interestingly, it was painted in a military uniform.

This is such an interesting town, when I bought some stamps at the small post office, the post mistress told me that the large picture on the stamp booklet was not a stamp. I told her I was aware of that. The reason she explained was due to the fact the inmates at the prison don’t seem to understand the difference and she just wanted to make sure I did. She is always finding it on the envelopes from the prison. I wonder what she thought I had in common with the prison inmates. This is a great little town if you like no distractions whatsoever except for the unique townspeople.