Day 19 and 20 - The Road Home

The kids were flying out of Oklahoma City at 11:15 and my Dad was flying into Oklahoma City at 11:10 to be my co-pilot on the long road home. The logistic worked out perfectly and my Dad jumped into the Veracruz at 11:30 and we were on our way back to Natick.

Clark: This is crazy, this is crazy, this is crazy!

My wife thought I was a bit touched to drive over 1600 miles in two days but that was the goal. In order to make it in a day and a half - there was not much time for sightseeing but hitting Pops Soda Ranch on Route 66 was too good to pass up. They have 500 different type of sodas in glass bottles. Way cool....

Sonic is a burger joint that is popular in the midwest and west coast. It is a drive-in (as opposed to a drive-through). We had lunch there and then hit another one for Happy Hour (half-price drinks and slushes from 2-4pm). We need one of these in Natick.

A big portion of the drive was through Missouri and the highways are littered with billboards. Judging from the billboards people in Missouri are really into fireworks and adult movies.

We drove through a pretty major thunderstorm for over an hour but were able to make our hotel in Indianapolis just about midnight.

We had an earlier start on Day 2 of the drive back but had further to travel. I actually relinquished the wheel for a bit on Day 2 and gave my Dad a chance to drive.

I resisted the opportunity and complete the circle and hit the anchor bar in Buffalo for dinner. It was also distressing to see the gas prices creep above $4 in New York (they were about $3.40 in Oklahoma).

We arrived to a heroes welcome in Natick just before midnight (yes the kids were still up).

Overall it was a pretty easy drive and the 1600 miles went by in the blink of an eye.

One more wrap-up post in the next day or so....