Date: Sun, 07 July 2002
Subject: -7/04 in MO
- Trip
- Dallas to Monet to Poplar Bluff to Salisaw to Dallas
- 4 days, 1654 miles
- Shadow, X/Runt
- Thurs
- Dallas to Monett MO
- 484 miles
- 75N, 121N, 82E, 37N, 259N, 59N, 51W, 62W, 10N, 25E,
43N, 60E
- Lunch at Cafe north of Broken Bow is pleasing once again.
- 2 miles north of Jay OK, we run into a downpour.
Cars are pulling over to the side of the road. Runt offers
'I do not like this'. U-turn, back to
gas station for 30 minutes while it blows trhough.
- X offers 'We will sneak in behind it on 43, which is
straight as an arrow'. This proves:
- to be a lie, a lie, and more
damn lie
We crawl up 43 in slight drizzle on
wet roads. (X hates wet roads.)
- Little Monet MO puts on one looooong fireworks display.
Kept Runt awake for 45 minutes.
- Fri
- Monet MO to Poplar Bluff MO
- 434 miles of mostly curves
- 60 E, 14E, 160E, 19 N, 49 S, 67 S
- 14 gets fun after Ozark or Sparta or some little town
- Both 19 and 49 are pleasing. Mixture of road surfaces,
mix of curves. Select sections are OUTSTANDING.
- Sat
- Poplar Bluff MO to Sallisaw OK
- 439 miles of mostly curves
- 160 W, 248 S, 37 S, 90 W, 43 S, 20 W, 10 S, 51 S, 59
S
- Lots of curves, losts of esss curves. Very pleasing
day.
- Sun
- Sallisaw OK to Dallas
- 297 miles
- reverse of route out
- just a blast home
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