Oklahoma: First Impressions
Sep. 27th, 2008 10:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebIt's about a four-hour drive to Dallas and about another four-hour drive into Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma does feel different than Texas. My first thought was that it reminds me of Vermont. That's because there's a lot more open space than in the parts of Texas along the freeway. Of course it's not as green or hilly and there are billboards: double billboards (one atop the other) even. Also there's a casino as soon as you cross the border.
Robin thought this is how Texas used to be. Big, open spaces with cows, horses and other livestock plus the old oil wells you can see pumping. It's true; I used to see stuff like that, but not so much anymore.
The Red River forms the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma, and it has the beautiful Oklahoma red dirt. (I get to think it's beautiful because it's not all over my shoes, my clothes, my house, my sheets, etc.) And Oklahoma has a different kind of rock. In Texas I've mostly seen limestone (a cream-colored rock) and pink granite. You can see the stone available in Oklahoma at the tourist center near the border.
The best billboard we saw said something like "We have jobs. We need workers. Come live in Midland." Another good sign was "I bought a Toyota Lemon." (Perhaps there is a place called Lemon Toyota Dealer?)
The best convenience store name we saw was the Git n Galup. The worst one was the Kum n Go.
Oklahoma does feel different than Texas. My first thought was that it reminds me of Vermont. That's because there's a lot more open space than in the parts of Texas along the freeway. Of course it's not as green or hilly and there are billboards: double billboards (one atop the other) even. Also there's a casino as soon as you cross the border.
Robin thought this is how Texas used to be. Big, open spaces with cows, horses and other livestock plus the old oil wells you can see pumping. It's true; I used to see stuff like that, but not so much anymore.
The Red River forms the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma, and it has the beautiful Oklahoma red dirt. (I get to think it's beautiful because it's not all over my shoes, my clothes, my house, my sheets, etc.) And Oklahoma has a different kind of rock. In Texas I've mostly seen limestone (a cream-colored rock) and pink granite. You can see the stone available in Oklahoma at the tourist center near the border.
The best billboard we saw said something like "We have jobs. We need workers. Come live in Midland." Another good sign was "I bought a Toyota Lemon." (Perhaps there is a place called Lemon Toyota Dealer?)
The best convenience store name we saw was the Git n Galup. The worst one was the Kum n Go.