Vancouver
Here are Grant and Evelyn enjoying hanging out at 7-11 in Vancouver at 10pm.
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May 18, 2008
More Oklahoma
I totally forgot to finish my thoughts on Oklahoma before posting that. There is more to Oklahoma hating me besides the terrible drivers. Oklahoma City freeways are a mess. There are way too many of them for its size and they all change name and direction constantly. You can head due north on a freeway that says West because eventually, if you stay on it long enough it will veer West somewhere near Canada.
Before I left Tulsa for the drive to Oklahoma City, a customer told me about his friend who had been caught in a tornado on that road and had his legs broken when it repeatedly bashed him into a freeway underpass. His truck came out of it the size and shape of a fridge. I kept my eye out for any shelter or extra deep ditch I could hide in if I saw a twister.
The tornado siren went off just as I was driving through the downtown. The driver in front of me jumped out of his car and ran into a building and the rain was whipping down the street like a wind-tunnel. The siren turned off before I could decide where to run. I pulled into my hotel on 20th and Meridian just as the announcer on the radio said the small tornado had touched down on 63rd and Meridian.
May 15, 2008
walking the rails
Grant and I went for a little adventure under the 4th ave bridge and walked on the abandoned railroad track. It was too nice out to be inside or follow no trespassing warnings.
May 10, 2008
Oklahoma
I was in Boise, Tulsa and Oklahoma City this week. I found out that Oklahoma hates me. I can’t tell you how many times I started through an intersection after the light turned green and had to slap on the brakes to keep from getting hit by someone running the light. It got to the point where I would just wait 8 minutes after the light turned to make sure everyone was done.