DAY 4 ENID OK TO SPRINGFIELD MO

Started a little late today so Ken could get a headlight fixed at the Honda dealer. Had breakfast while the bike got fixed and it was back on US60. The day was a great day to ride temps in the 50s and 60s with scattered clouds breaking up the horizon. Mostly two lane running straight for several miles before dipping and turning through valleys and hills with a speed limit of 65. Of course every few miles you had to slow to 20 for a small town.

Two years ago we rode US66 from end to end for the nostalgia and to find middle America. This time I think we actually found it on 60. The towns and farms are much more alive along this route. We were talking about that at lunch and decided that 66 has been mostly replaced by interstate. Most of 60 is still the main route serving the farms, ranches, and small towns, that show up every twenty miles or so.

Much of the day the road also followed the Trail Of Tears. This trail was the route that the Cherokee Nation was forced to walk when moved from there original home in Georgia to the reservation in Oklahoma. Fifteen thousand Indians under the guidance of the US Cavalry started the march eleven thousand made it to Oklahoma.

On a different note all six Arizonans made it to Springfield Mo had a nice dinner then recapped the trip in the jacuzzi. Yes it was as good as it sounds.

On a side note we all take turns leading and we all occasionally miss a turn. Two days a ago CE missed a turn and I went and got him, today Ken missed a turn and I went and got him, later Al missed a turn and I went and got him. Do you see a pattern here? Later today I missed a turn and they all went the other way nobody came and got me!

Until tomorrow.