spending the night in Checotah, OK

Well we finally had things ready and rolled out around 11.40 am from our recent home in Springfield, MO. Got on I-44 West heading to Joplin, Mo.

Here are the dogs all tucked nicely enjoying their nap while traveling down the road.

We arrived at the toll booth and paid our toll fee of $9.50 and once we got to the end we were refunded $4.50 so the Toll cost us $5.00. This Indian statue greeted us after we went through the toll booth. A truck stop sits behind it. There is 5 wifi available but only one is free without a password. I love my hawking dish, it is so nice and keeps me connected when free wifi is available. Without this antenna i would not have free wifi as my wifi on my computer is not strong enough.

We are traveling down the highway and then we arrived at a town. This is different traveling for us as we normally like to travel on interstates when we have a long distance to go. But luckily for us our route is through this highway. I love being able to look around and see all that the towns have to offer.

This train slowed us down as we had to wait almost 10 minutes. I’ve never seen a train this long it wrapped around the road and was as far as you could see.

We then exit off hwy 69 onto US 266 and arrived at the Flying J around 3.40 pm. We filled up with 36 gals of fuel $85.00 worth. We have traveled 201 miles today. It’s amazing how we left Springfield, Mo the temp was 29 degrees and we were in sweatshirts. When we arrived here i had to change into a short sleeve shirt!! Yes, finally warmth! It’s suppose to be almost 70 tomorrow! The low tonight is suppose to be 47 degrees. It’s 56 degrees right now as I'm posting this.

I am posting this blog from inside of Ms.Southwind. We just finished supper which consisted of hot dogs and chips. We have the generator running so that we can watch the local news. Although i have a feeling the generator will be running until bed time … hubby gets 18 channels here! He is in TV heaven!

Luckily we parked over in the corner away from the truckers and anyone else and no I'm not taking a picture as we are over where the trash is! But, we like to be secluded and out of the truckers way. They are driving for a living, we are just living. Another plus is that we can take the dogs out right by Ms. Southwind and not have to worry about traffic coming or going. We are parked near a security light as we do like to be near light so that we can see if need be. Plus it gives me the night light that i need.

Well i hope you all have a great one and until next time …