St. Louis - Oklahoma City

We started the day having fantastic breakfast with Josh and Liz at the Mud House, a neighborhood spot and Josh's goto coffee coffee spot.

We got on the road a little after 11:00 with an 8 hour trip ahead of us. About halfway in we stopped at Buccees for a snack, fuel (gas and coffee), and bathrooms. The place was crazy busy. When we got back on the road, it seemed like we had gained an hour: it was routing us on some toll roads that at the start of the trip were saving 15 minutes.

Along the interstate we encountered a f* ing crazy guy doing a wheelie on his motorcycle for extended periods right in front of us. We kept out distance and got away when we could. Didn't want to take the chance of running over road kill.

We stopped in the town of Edmond, about 15 minutes from our campsite. Dinner was at The Mule, where we were able to sit outside on the sidewalk. We walked the few blocks of the core, old downtown area and admired the bronze sculptures on each corner.

Our campsite was at Central State Park, on Arcadia Lake. We were on the outside of the loop away from the lake with nobody near us. The site was perfect for us, in part because the parking pad was level and we were sleeping in the van.Read more