We woke up way too late this morning. We had planned on sleeping in a little and didn't set the alarm...we must have been really, really tired! Chris's mom bought us a full size (aka: real) coffee pot....yippee! She had a little one that made two cups at a time, but by cups, it meant teacups...a full pot didn't make two full cups of coffee for me and Chris. For a while, she had those little Folger's singles that you microwave........not bad in a pinch, but we have been there a lot lately so we wanted COFFEE. I made the comment that I was going to bring a coffee pot to leave at her house, but she insisted on getting one herself. The moral of that story is that we got some sleep AND we got some coffee. The day is looking pretty good.
We decided to visit a little before getting on the road, midafternoonish. Chris's aunt wanted to stop by and say hi before we left. She showed up with a huge bag of Carl's Jr. burgers, which we weren't expecting. We all dug in and had a bite to eat and got to visit with her for a little bit.
After that, it was hit the road. We headed out of the city, south to Texas. Oklahoma has some very pretty country along I-35. This is the area around the Arbuckle Mountains, so there are lots of things to do and see. One place that we keep wanting to stop at is Turner Falls, there around Davis, OK. Has anybody been there? We would love to know more about it. One day we will stop and see what it's all about.
We got to Flower Mound, TX around 7:30, which is great time to be anywhere around Dallas/Ft. Worth because the traffic is really something else! We had the stop in Flower Mound to pick up a beautiful golden retriever that's going to Florida. She is quite a character! She's very friendly and hardly makes a sound. She's all about attention, too! We stayed at a Motel 6 in Addison, TX (had a pick up there in the morning). FYI: Motel 6 is pet friendly. When I would get off the bed to do something, she would curl up next to Chris ~in my spot~ and try to get in between us. LOL She would eventually 'allow' me to lay back down beside Chris. We ate at Denny's again. We're really not huge fans of Denny's or anything, and that would have been our last choice for food since we just ate there the night before. But, the Denny's was in the parking lot of the Motel 6....talk about convenience! The golden has a very good 'pouty' face, so she scored from fries from me....I'm such a sucker!
We watched the BCS championship game. The people we picked the golden up from all had on Ohio State jerseys...sorry guys, LSU pulled it off.
Apparently, our home state of Missouri was really getting hammered during the evening with thunderstorms and tornados! We were in Phoenix, AZ about a month ago when the ice storm hit home, so we missed that, too. One of our local television stations KY3 has some really good coverage of the storm damage. Winter thunderstorms and tornados are rare, but they do happen. We have had a couple days of extremely nice temps....and we are part of Tornado Alley.
Not much excitement for the day. Sometimes that's a good thing. No excitement = no drama :) Maybe we'll actually stop and see something or eat somewhere today and have something to talk about.
Until next time,
Christi
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