acptulsa
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Wow, Michael. Great post.
Oklahoma City was, last I heard, the second largest city in the nation. That sprawling nature makes it, like most cities in this part of the nation, less crowded than some, but that has drawbacks too--the agressive cut-and-thrust of rush hour happens at higher speeds. I think Oklahoma is somewhat a mixed blessing--we are seldom kind to pedestrians--but drivers seemed awfully kind to us in, for example, the narrow confines of Catoosa. I think your rig fires their curiosity, and that takes the edge off their hurry.
You didn't mention my least favorite. Storm drain grates! The new ones have bars that run perpendicular to the direction of travel. It might shake your fillings loose like a bad chatterstrip, but the old ones with parallel bars will grab your wheel like a vise and send you flying. How you manage with four wheels is beyond me.
And, yes, the heat. The dog days are certainly upon us. But at least the sauna mode after the monsoon season has more or less passed, though the extra heat can indeed make up for it. I always found I could take the expansion joints of concrete just to avoid the heatwave that asphalt radiates day and night...
Well, you're in the flatlands now. God's Billiard Table. No significant hills until Tucumcari. Like red dirt country? Out nearer Amarillo I always found the landscape kind of Christmasy. You have green grass growing from red dirt. Throw in a little snow-colored rock and it's surprisingly colorful.
Happy pedaling, Iron Man. Wish I had the time and the endurance to still be riding with...
QFT!! And that primary opponent is none other than bailout voter Rep. Mary Fallin--gag! We've got a tough fight to beat the b****. We'll be beating the street, but we'll be needing all the help we can get. Randy is indeed a good one; he's much, much better than the sitting Democrat Brad Henry. If Fallin wins, I'll probably vote to reelect Henry. Fallin and Brogdon are night and day. Thanks for the plug, Njon!
Oklahoma City was, last I heard, the second largest city in the nation. That sprawling nature makes it, like most cities in this part of the nation, less crowded than some, but that has drawbacks too--the agressive cut-and-thrust of rush hour happens at higher speeds. I think Oklahoma is somewhat a mixed blessing--we are seldom kind to pedestrians--but drivers seemed awfully kind to us in, for example, the narrow confines of Catoosa. I think your rig fires their curiosity, and that takes the edge off their hurry.
You didn't mention my least favorite. Storm drain grates! The new ones have bars that run perpendicular to the direction of travel. It might shake your fillings loose like a bad chatterstrip, but the old ones with parallel bars will grab your wheel like a vise and send you flying. How you manage with four wheels is beyond me.
And, yes, the heat. The dog days are certainly upon us. But at least the sauna mode after the monsoon season has more or less passed, though the extra heat can indeed make up for it. I always found I could take the expansion joints of concrete just to avoid the heatwave that asphalt radiates day and night...
Well, you're in the flatlands now. God's Billiard Table. No significant hills until Tucumcari. Like red dirt country? Out nearer Amarillo I always found the landscape kind of Christmasy. You have green grass growing from red dirt. Throw in a little snow-colored rock and it's surprisingly colorful.
Happy pedaling, Iron Man. Wish I had the time and the endurance to still be riding with...
QFT!! And that primary opponent is none other than bailout voter Rep. Mary Fallin--gag! We've got a tough fight to beat the b****. We'll be beating the street, but we'll be needing all the help we can get. Randy is indeed a good one; he's much, much better than the sitting Democrat Brad Henry. If Fallin wins, I'll probably vote to reelect Henry. Fallin and Brogdon are night and day. Thanks for the plug, Njon!
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