Slept like a rock! The Ozark Inn and Restaurant in Ozark, Oklahoma has some of the best beds I have ever slept in…soft, goooshy, warm, great feather pillows…nice- and all for $50 bucks! Took a nice hot shower dressed and walked across the gravel parking lot for breakfast; God I love this, and there it was, an all you can eat breakfast buffet (you must pronounce the ‘t”) Eggs scrambled in bacon grease, bacon, sausage, hamburger patties grits, tater’s, French toast, buckwheat pancakes, biscuits and bacon grease gravy…as Daffy Duck would say DaRooool. The biscuits had that nice layer on the bottom, not burnt, not crispy- just a bit chewy and with that gravy….OMFG!

Billy Joe Bob and his eighteen cousins (whose family tree goes straight up) were all there at the trough too, and they we packin’ it in baby. There is no-way that restaurant made money today….just no-way, hell they lost money on the gravy alone! I can put some groceries away, but these boys, they are in a completely different league. I’d say there were about 20 of ‘em in thar, some with their wives; I think. Had to be that 15 of ‘em where wearing bib-overalls. If any one of these guys were to walk out of a Guess store wearing a new Guess shirt………I dunno……I’d “guess”- three-eighty-five? 

I stayed off I-40 first thing this morning as Ozark is located at the intersection of hwy 23 and 64 west. Turning left out of the parking lot (after a little giggle I might add) I headed west on 64; fantastic! Once past Fort Smith, I hoped back onto I-40; it was time to make up some ground.

The day had started pretty nice but, the weather turned as I got closer to Oklahoma City and it turned down right nasty shortly there-after. The winds kicked up and I do mean kicked up! Semi Trucks were actually leaning over to their left and then it started coming down. I don’t know how those guys were keeping these things on the road. I would bet it was blowing 50+. Right before leaving Oklahoma I found the Route 66 museum and had to stop and take a look. Unfortunately there is not much of the old road left, but, the museum is cool and I drove the old road to the Texas line.

Amarillo tonight…maybe a good Steak?