Day Three, On the Road Again

Cherokee Casino & Hotel, Roland, OK

Thursday, Apr. 14^th we slept until 7. Gibbs likely wouldn’t have moved if I hadn’t and therefore Bill likely wouldn’t have moved if Gibbs hadn’t. 😊 I was surprised we slept that late. In the scheme of things, actually, I shouldn’t have been surprised. It was 11 when Gibbs and I went to bed, so that was late for us. I knew Bill would have a rough sleep, he hardly ever sleeps great but this would be worse since we had a noisy transport beside us.

Gibbs and I walked the lot
Here is last night's snuggle spot
I think we were in the trucker's 'lounge'

I made the mistake of looking out my bedroom window and the truck driver beside us was parked so close to our slide-out, that I freaked and envisioned all kinds of horrible things when he pulled out in the morning. Plus, he ran all night long. Bill said there was only about 6” between us. With ear plugs in, I finally put my mind at ease, being tired helped, and dropped off.

I'm not sure I recognize anything out there, Mom

Bill told me this morning that the trucker pulled out between 4:30 and 6 so I was relieved we were still all in one piece. 😊 That’s the closest anyone has ever been to us. The day is dawning bright and beautiful so all things are good. We had our cereal and I made my tea with the kettle. John made a coffee for Bill and we got the fridge straightened around for the day’s travel.

The top picture could be framed (without the window glare)
The familiar cross along the route
John driving through the smoke as they burned grass along the highway

When I read that our friend, Lori, has been a month without their fridge I felt like such a wimp. A week for us and we’re ready to give up! So, we hit the road at 8:20 and it seemed like we were hitting wind as our fuel dropped quickly. We stopped to fuel up at 8:50 at a Conoco. $4.69/gal.  The drive was pretty low key with the exception of the winds.

Woops! Just about missed the Oklahoma welcome!
The Clinton water tower because I've not taken many
shots the these towers this winter, plus
it's sleek and proud

Coming onto our north side or our front corner, the winds may have had an effect on our fuel mileage overall but they weren’t jostling us at all. At noon we stopped at a Phillips 66 travel station near Canadian, OK for fill ups and ate our lunch. It was a nice 45-minute break and the weather reached 66F/19C. No discounts for our nationality though. 😊 Back on the road before 1 with Bill in the lead this time.

Some views deserve their own picture
Isn't this parent devotion adorable?

Plus, of course Garth's home town deserves recognition

Our destination for today is another 3-hour drive. We made no other stops, just motoring through the panhandle of Texas and crossing into Oklahoma! The drive was a good one and we withstood the numerous bouts of construction through the last of Texas and near Oklahoma City. It is to be expected, we can count the number of times we travelled with NO construction on 1 or 2 fingers. 😊

Sights of Oklahoma City
Nicely built overpasses and construction

Blossoms and budding leaves
Spring has arrived in Oklahoma City too

The SkyDance Scissortail Bridge
Passing the airport

Prices on today's drive varied between $4.93 and this low of $4.42/gal
We paid $4.75 and $4.65 on our fill ups

The mighty Arkansas River (in Oklahoma)

Arrival time at the Cherokee Casino & Grill, Roland, Ok was 5 o’clock. I think we’ve made a trend here. We travelled about 410 miles today and we were tired when we arrived. This casino just off I-40, Exit 326 onto Hwy 64 and nestled close to the Arkansas border. It has 5 free full hookup spots at the back of their lot for first come, first served. Bill and I have stayed here once before with Rob and Pat and it looks improved since then with nice wide spaces.

Cherokee Casino & Hotel

My first and only entree plate
Dessert was Apple Crumble and Praline Bread Pudding (oh my!)

Neither of us had the need to plug in to power
If our fridge worked, different story

We arrived at a good time because 2 more 5^th wheels came in after us. 😊 When the discussion came up about casino food and should we eat out again, the consensus was ‘heck yah!’ For a reasonable $14.99/pp we got an all you can eat supper and it was very good. Tomorrow night, I have to cook! LOL We said goodnight around 7 and settled in for the evening.

My pretty sister on the hill 💓
Good night!

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