Oklahoma City to Memphis to Atlanta - June 8th

My story is somewhat quiet on this stretch of travel.  The real story is at the end of today's blog.

Gasoline prices were $3.56 per gallon when we left Oklahoma City.

East of Oklahoma City, the countryside changes,. You hit the treeline. It's kinda like driving into the narrow end of a funnel - the sides of the road start closing in on you.  Occasionally, the trees open up to a field that has been cleared for farming or pasture land.  But not a lot to see past this point.

So . . . this is what I did for the remainder of the trip.

In Memphis, TN, the cost of feeding KYOTEE was $3.39 per gallon.

In Palestine, AK, we drove through more fires. This one can be seen from a distance, but was a big fire.

Just outside Birmingham, AL, KYOTEE was hungry again. So we fed him gasoline that was $3.56 per gallon.

Once we hit Memphis, TN, humidity increased. But it really hit hard by Birmingham.  See the condensation on the cup? We typically don't see anything like this in Arizona. 

On I-285 in Atlanta, 5:00pm, Friday.  Rush hour traffic. 6 lanes each side and bumper-to-bumper as far as the eyes could see.  Yuck!!!!  No wonder Mommy & Daddy moved to Lake Havasu City.

These two buildings are located in the Perimeter area of Atlanta and are known as the King and Queen buildings.  Despite the traffic (and humidity), Atlanta is a beautiful city.  The skyline rises out of the trees.

We were going to go out for dinner, but then someone slid a Chinese Menu under the door.
Change of plans - Chinese food was delivered, Daddy & Mommy drank a bottle of wine (Mommy says "Thank you, TLC"). They even travel with their own wine glasses now.
Daddy & I settled in to watch the Dallas Mavericks play the Miami Heat.  Mavericks won 86-83. Whoo-Hoo!!!!
I'm becoming such the sports fan.
My blog will be somewhat quiet until we travel to N.C.

In the words of Paul Harvey, "and now for the rest of the story . . ."
The true story of our travels from Lake Havasu City, AZ to Atlanta, GA is of the tragedy we've seen.  From Arizona to Arkansas, we drove past and through many fires - both wildfires and controlled fires burning debris from tornado destruction.  Trees were twisted and wide paths of destruction damaged and destroyed homes and businesses.  The largest area of tornado destruction that we drove past was through a section just west of Birmingham, Alabama.  We passed miles upon miles of flooded land just now starting to recede. Signs were posted to help people locate FEMA phones and FEMA trailers.  Many lives have been lost, and for those left behind, their lives are changed forever.  It is in this tragedy, that the things that are most important in our lives come to the foreground.  As observers, we see the photos and the news being reported.  I hope to always remember that lives are attached to the stories.