The drive across southern Wyoming is a killer, but I've found, if I concentrate on the journey rather than the destination, the drive's aren't nearly as bad.
Most people, (myself included) view Wyoming as a barren wasteland, and, to an extent, it is. But if you look hard enough, there's a distinct kind of beauty. If I look at it from the perspective of the little boy that loved going out on the desert to check on the cows with his Grandpa, it's truly scenic.
I rolled in to Denver fairly late, so I checked in to my hotel, hit a waffle house and called it a night.
Monday, I had a quick job to do northeast of Denver, and once that was done, I was Topeka bound.The drive through eastern CO, and pretty much all the way across KS was tiresome. I swear, there are more "museums" along I-70 in Kansas than the rest of the US combined!
I had a hard time finding somewhere to eat for the first couple hundred miles of the trek. I might have died from starvation had Devin not hooked me up with a bag of tasty oatmeal banana cookies
The further east I got in Kansas, the more I liked it. Well, the view. Little rolling hills with trees and rivers all over. The scenery was nice, but I don't know that I could handle the Overzealous "Christians" Lots of billboards telling you all about what God does and doesn't want you to do. Also, one with a picture of Obama that simply said "MARXIST COMMUNIST DICTATOR" our current president is a lot of things, but that one was a little bit much for me. More on Kansas' "Christians" later.
When I got to Topeka I immediately found a DDD place I wanted to try, but when I got there it was closed. Too exhausted to search for anything else, I hit the Buffalo Wild Wings.
Tuesday morning I had some walls to service for the Kansas Army National Guard. The took a little more time than I would have liked, but some of the National Guard guys there were really cool. Another perk to this job is connections with cool people all over the country,
Once work was done I decided I needed to swing by the Westboro Baptist Church and see if there was anyone outside I could throw a rock at. No such luck. The church is in the middle of an otherwise modest neighborhood, small, well kept homes with green lawns and big trees.
It's hard to describe the feeling just being in front of this place, but let me assure you. This is no Church of any God I will recognize. I could literally feel evil and hate emanating from this little building.
Once my "sightseeing" was done, it was time to head south to Oklahoma City.
Another long drive and I didn't realize at first that my GPS was set to avoid toll roads. Once I got that fixed the drive was much better, and it was worth the $6 for the 1.5 hours it cut off the drive.
Rolled in to OKC and got busy with checking in to the hotel and getting cleaned up. Hopped on the interwebs and found another DDD spot to try out. Headed on over, and sure enough, it's closed for the night. Noticing a pattern? I decided to go to plan B which involved driving around til I saw something that looked tasty. I discovered this little gem.
This is Van's Pig, I have a theory that any eatery with this much neon either has to be really good, or really bad. I gambled and won. Van's is amazing. The wall of smokey meat smell that hit me when I walked in the door told me I was right where I needed to be.
I hooked myself up with some "chopped pig", brisket, cole slaw, fried okra, texas toast, and a nice glass of sweet tea. Everything was awesome, this was some of the best brisket I've ever had, and if it wouldn't kill me in about a week, I'd probably eat fried okra for every meal.
Before I hit the hay, I stopped by a bookstore to and picked up this guy
1000 Things to See Before You Die. I'm going to try and check some of theese out as I roam the country, add another element to my travels.
Well after some work first thing tomorrow, I'm off to Texas. More on my adventures later.
2 comments:
always remember that little random places can be the best places ever. Travel safe homie!
Eff. I was already hungry.
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