Thursday, April 18, 2019

Continuing Northeast to Claremore, Oklahoma





Eric & I return to Interstate 40
East as we cross Oklahoma.

The flowering bush is lovely.






I watch the skies as Eric and I drive east. Springtime is Tornado Season here.






Cattle grazing in nearby fields
look like cardboard cutouts.






The El Reno Water Tower

Historic Route 66 shares
US Route 81 in this area.













I love visuals....

sign includes a
powerful Peterbilt truck.










Yukon is the home of
Garth Brooks & the
Yukon Millers.






This Geodesic Tent is a
great landmark.












Oklahoma City is in
the distance.







Eric and I visited here in 2016 and toured the State Capitol.






Eric & I follow this sign to







Interstate 44 is a Toll Road, which Eric and I choose to avoid.  




We watch a train cross the
bridge across I 35 North.

I think the tank cars contain 
Gas or unrefined Petroleum.





An Amusement Park, just
off the highway.







Silos along Oklahoma State
Highway 33.






Perkins is the Home of







Eric & I wait at a traffic light
before driving through a
Construction Zone.








The deck of a bridge is being
replaced one lane at a time.











Our next turn is onto 
behind a Red Corvette.









This section of the road reminds
me of unfurled fabric being laid
out for a sewing project.





This is Keystone Lake, the
reservoir created in the
Arkansas River.







Groaner Alert.....





Let's Get This Potty Started.






Tulsa, under clearing skies.







Bands of Thunderstorms are expected here late tonight.  Some of the scattered storms will include high winds and hail.





takes us around the city.




OvernightRVParking.com lists
Hard Rock Hotel Casino Resort
as allowing free overnight parking.

Reports state that the parking lot
is uneven.






Exit 241 takes Eric & me to
the last leg of today's drive.





DAVE'S RV on Oklahoma
State Highway 66






The Claremore Water Tower
is across the road from...





... Walmart, Murphy USA Gas
Station & WHATABURGER.










Eric & I park at the end of the
Walmart parking lot near
WHATABURGER.

We just fit.






I check my Weather App.  Scattered Thunderstorms are expected in the Tulsa area tonight.  Claremore is northeast of the city.  I'm glad we have a Weather Radio tuned to the Tulsa County Weather Station. 

We can sleep with our slides in to present a smaller profile during the expected storms.  

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