Another reason why Oklahoma sucks. You drive north of Dallas, you get stuff. you go north of OKC, you get Guthrie. Man, that blows.
I'm told that Guthrie was the landburglars' original capitol, and that the fine people of OKC raided the statehouse in the middle of the night and relocated it. Both have been ****** ever since.
Don't know if you've noticed, but if you stop in a Guthrie gas station, you'll find a bonanza of cheap 80's hair band CD's. I remember seeing a Great White "greatest hits" CD for 5 bucks at a Shell there.
Gracias, my friend. I will leave you all with the view from outside our Best Western doorway, a scene that reminded me of the Love Boat for some reason:
outstanding thread..Im on my treo..Its 6:41 am and I'm just crossing the red river currently riding with my dad..Its basically been like reading a rundown of the immediate future..if great white comes up In conversation I'm gonna flip out..now I just need some beer..or whiskey in my coffee..im slithering to the back in a search for a well placed bottle of jack daniels..good thing he always keeps a flask in his golf bag! viva jack daniels..and viva internet..
Viva the modern age. When I crossed through Oklahoma during my cross country treks this past summer, I had nothing but radio to keep me company. This was around the time of the Vick and NBA official stories, so listening to 18 hours of continuous and redundant coverage was an experience.
Oh, and if you get the chance to see a CD rack with some Quiet Riot or Twisted Sister, take a picture. I believe some of those Oklahoma gas stations have some of the finest hair band music libraries in the southwest.
Good morning hornfans, the Guthrie Best Western has wi-fi.
It's 10am, and I enjoyed the delicious continental breakfast. Pretty good biscuits, and eggs that were perfectly round and yellow. I don't think they've ever even seen the inside of a chicken, actually.
Yet to crack my first beer. Travesty.
But here's a gem, courtesy of the sweeeet lobby:
If you can't see it, that's a mural on the wall of some stampeding longhorns. Fate smiles upon us today, gentlemen.
Ok, now we've gone from Sam and Dave to some crappy song that sounds like somebody trying to be John Hiatt. This CD is very hit ormiss. probably more miss. Jesus, what is this now, Petula clark?
All right. We've parked on the North side of the stadium, I think, in some neighborhood that looks like it might be torn down or moved TODAY. Lots of empty lots. I'm not sosure about this.
"Budweiser is the king of beers!"
"Yeah, but Pabst Blue Ribbon has been milking that one win for 100 years . Bud just used that as a marketing thing, just like Pabst"
"Dude, the King of Beers. It says so."
"That's just advertising"
"Then why don't they take it off their label?"
"What about Busch? Or Bud Light? Are those the Dukes of beers?"