Day Fifteen

The good news was the only train noise last night was at 1am and I was still up at that point, so no harm done. Slept better than the previous night. Forgot to mention yesterday that the shower is great if you are four foot tall.

Saw the news that a 9 year old kid died at the baseball tournament in Wichita that I mentioned. He'd got hit by a player having a practice swing with a bat. Felt glum. Wondered how the poor lad who accidently hit him will ever get over it.

Had breakfast, then packed up again. Filled up with fuel and then got the hell outta Dodge. Travelled south west. We are finding interesting ways to pass the time on the journey's. K-Mullet is definitely a favourite, as this clip shows.

Also saw lots of wind farms. Slightly bigger than UK ones.

Barack's speech in action

We crossed into Oklahoma just south of Liberal, headed through the panhandle, before entering the Texas panhandle just north of Perryton. Stopped at Perryton for lunch. Went and got a Subway and found somewhere quiet down the road to eat it.

Arrived at Amarillo about 4pm. Checked in to the Holiday Inn Express and Suites. Went up to our room. It is very nice. The suite part isn't exactly a kitchen, more just a sink, microwave and fridge, but the air con works properly and there is no railroad or road nearby. We spent the late afternoon doing some laundry, the first time since we've been here. Washed a load of stuff and tumbled dried the stuff we could. The rest is now littered around the room drying. Have more to do tomorrow.

For dinner, Ann said she wanted to not eat out as we have done so for nearly every meal since we've been here, so we decided to go to Walmart and buy some food and to prepare it back in the 'kitchen'.  Whilst there we saw Michael Jackson or at least some woman in a face mask. Slightly weird to wear one in a supermarket. We also looked at cheap shoes as we need some for later in the trip. Ann managed to get into a conversation with a woman about our trip whilst sorting her shoes out. Ann then tried to make me buy women's shoes for myself.

Headed back and made dinner. It was great. Ann has just watched a reality show called 'My Giant Life', but now has Casino Royale on.

Moose Watch - Even lower than ever

States Visited - 13