Odds & ends & winter weather

Hello all,

It has been almost a month since I last blogged. Not too much has gone on in that month. I did finish writing picture captions from the San Antonio Trip. I had a trip to Tulsa & Tahlequah planned for this past weekend, but due to the winter weather, I had to cancel it. That makes 2 trips in the past 6 weeks that I have had to cancel due to winter weather! Of course, in the weeks between the cancelled trips, the weather was nice. But I can't control the weather, so all I can do is move on.

I am planning on making a trip to Lubbock on February 20 for a Southern Gospel concert. Hopefully the weather will cooperate so I can make this trip. I will also be making a trip to Clinton, OK, on February 28 for another concert.

This past Sunday, I compiled a map of all counties I have been in. You can access that map by clicking here. I have been in 37.1% (or 1166 of 3141) of the counties in the United States. Not too bad for a 26-year-old.

I have also created a Facebook fan page for OKRoads. That page can be accessed here.

That is all I have for today. See y'all later, and drive safely.

ES

Back to the ol' grind

The San Antonio Trip concluded yesterday after 2,315 miles of driving in 8 days.

Saturday, we drove from San Antonio to Wichita Falls via Loop 1604, I-10, U.S. 83, and U.S. 277. Highlights from this day include getting to experience the 80 mph speed limit on I-10 in Texas and driving a brand new stretch of the Kell Freeway in Wichita Falls.

Sunday, we drove from Wichita Falls to OKC. I got a few pictures of freeways in the Wichita Falls area (ie. U.S. 281, U.S. 287, & Spur 325).

The next major roadtrip has been planned but will not be announced until a later date. The trip will allow me to enter my 44th state. I will leave you with that. :D

ES

The Final Blog of the Decade

Good evening. It is about 90 minutes until the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010. My wife & I are still in San Antonio. We still plan to leave Saturday and drive to Wichita Falls that day before heading back to OKC on Sunday.

Tuesday was a cold, rainy day. Thankfully, the rain subsided some in the afternoon, and my wife wanted to see a movie, so while she watched the movie, I went out and did some roadgeeking around San Antonio! I got pictures of U.S. 90, TX 151, and Spur 422.

Wednesday, I drove to Laredo and back to San Antonio via U.S. 90, U.S. 83, and I-35. Not much to report; other than the drive between Laredo & San Antonio is quite boring. I already knew that prior to Wednesday, though, as I did that drive in October 2003 during the South Texas Roadtrip. Which brings me to this point: this trip could also be called South Texas Roadtrip Part 3...

Today, my wife & I mostly stayed in the hotel to watch the OU-Stanford Sun Bowl game on TV (which OU won!), but we did venture out a little bit. We just took U.S. 281, though, which I have already covered this week. I have got to know U.S. 281 quite well this week...

Tomorrow, my wife & I are planning on going to LuLu's Bakery for a large cinnamon roll (3 1/2 pounds!). From there, we will go to New Braunfels & Austin and check out those areas. And, yes, that does include the University of saxeT.

Have a great new year everybody! See y'all later, and drive safely.

ES

San Antonio Trip Day 2

Day 2 of the San Antonio Trip is complete. We have made it back to San Antonio after going to Corpus Christi today.

Trip route:

U.S. 281 South to I-37

I-37 South to U.S. 181

U.S. 181 North to TX 35

TX 35 North to TX 361

TX 361 South to TX Park 22 (includes the Port Aransas Ferry)

TX Park 22 West to TX 358 West

TX 358 West to TX 286 North

TX 286 North to I-37

I-37 South to U.S. 181

U.S. 181 North to I-37

I-37 North to U.S. 281

U.S. 281 North to Loop 1604

Skies were partly to mostly sunny all day. The sun didn't affect nearly as many pictures today as it did yesterday.

Tomorrow, we plan on staying in the San Antonio area. There is a chance of rain so we may not do much tomorrow. Wednesday, we plan on going to Laredo via I-410, U.S. 90, and U.S. 83, then take I-35 North to San Antonio.

ES

San Antonio Trip Day 1

Day 1 of the San Antonio Trip is complete. We left OKC at about 8:30 this morning and made it to San Antonio at about 5:15 this afternoon. Skies were mostly cloudy from OKC to Davis, then mostly clear from Davis to San Antonio. The mostly sunny skies were nice to see, however, it also affected a lot of pictures. I had to delete a lot of pictures because my camera wanted to focus on the sun instead of the road sign! It was quite frustrating but I did the best I could. Sun angles this time of year are not very good for southbound travelers.

Pictures from Day 1 are currently being uploaded to Flickr.

Here is the current plan for the rest of the trip:

Day 2 (Monday 12/28):

Corpus Christi area

Victoria area (if time allows)

Day 3 (Tuesday 12/29):

San Antonio area (forecast calls for rain on this day so there may not be too much road coverage)

Day 4 (Wednesday 12/30):

Laredo area

Day 5 (Thursday 12/31):

San Antonio area

Day 6 (Friday 1/1):

Austin & New Braunfels area

Day 7 (Saturday 1/2):

San Antonio to Wichita Falls via I-10, U.S. 83, and U.S. 277

Day 8 (Sunday 1/3):

Wichita Falls to OKC via I-44

ES

San Antonio Trip Update

Good evening all. We are still planning (and hoping) to begin the San Antonio Trip tomorrow. We are not sure if it will be morning or afternoon, or even if we will get to San Antonio tomorrow, but we are sure gonna try. We were able to leave home today and got to the southwest side of OKC and back just fine. (I live in northwest OKC)

ES