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Where the Wind Comes Sweeping Down the Plain

I just spent the weekend in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma competing at the Redman Triathlon for Columbia Multisport Club.  Throughout the course of the weekend I made a number of discoveries.

Discovery #1 -- Oklahoma has more tolls than any state I've ever visited.  I paid two to get into the state, two to get out, and a whole bunch in between.  One day I got lost and took the wrong exit; I literally paid for that mistake because I had to pay a toll to go back in the right direction.  At one point I pulled off the highway to get gas and the toll lady gave me a fifty cent refund.  When I got back on the highway a few minutes later I had to give the fifty cents back.  The toll booth giveth, and the toll booth taketh away.

Discovery #2 -- There is nothing to see on the drive to Oklahoma.  It's kinda like driving through Kansas, with the only difference being it's not Kansas.

Discovery #3 -- Tulsa has an El Chico.  It is yummy.

Discovery #4 -- My GPS can actually tell when the sun goes down.  It went from having a white background to a black one after it got dark outside.

Race report coming soon...

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