Into Alma, OK and Vinita, OK

New Mexico, we don't need a welcome sign, we'll just toss you a rather furry Tarantula spider to welcome you


So, we now have Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma (8 states) in the rearview mirror. Remember when you were a kid and you had Mr. Potato Head toy? Who know why, but you had this insatiable urge to put the parts where they didn't belong. The ear went in the eye pin, the nose was on upsidedown.


I mostly feel like Oklahoma rode like this for us. To date, the TAT has been phenomonal riding. I get that you can probably do just so much with the terrain you are given, but riding grids all days makes me feel quite frankly, "boxed". And boy, there is a whole lot of Oklahoma that is going to be just like the last inch.

We met this lad on the trail, we were uphill and just watched him jump and powerslide his way up. He mentioned skipping 400 miles of OK because of some weather. It will make more sense to us in about 4 hrs.


Mile after mile of just high speed, flat, straight ranch roads


The only thing remotely entertaining was watching the crickets commit suicide on your bike. I think Blaster's lower pantleg will forever be stained with cricket goo. To add insult to injury, That night at the hotel, the birds are going ape-shit for the bikes. Seems they are tracking great pride in eating all the cricket carcasses off the bikes. Circle of life and all that I suppose.






The temps are warmest they have been in Oklahoma, and early afternoon we are in the middle of thunderstorm. It's a big one too. So we get off the trail and find some tarmac. I guess the only good thing is that we are now paralleling the trailing by less than 800 feet. Blaster says if he sees a storm chaser vehicle or a flying cow he's turning around. Luckily, he only gets hit by some errant tumbleweed.

That night at the hotel there is a even a bigger storm. The trail is so soggy we skip the next 100 miles of trail again. But now worries, again we mostly parrellel it and probably see the same sights! So happy to be out of Oklahoma.

So now much in front of us at this point. Wondering if we'll replace the tires somewhere in TN or just trek home. Haven't really scouted a convenient dealership yet....