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This is the first live on the road update I've ever done, thanks to my fancy pants phone. I'm currently on the road with Kara, doing a massively long road trip up to Missouri to visit some of her family and friends. The internet is really really slow in the middle of nowhere, it's like 28k speeds back in the early 90's. But it's still Internet anywhere, which is amazing
It was really busy at work, so got ready late, so it's going to be
a realllly long night.
9:30PM
Restroom break just outside of Dallas, it was pretty gross.
9:55PM
Downtown Dallas at night is really pretty, the interstate goes right by it. Traffic is really light, which is great!
10:45PM
3G speeds were fun while it lasted. A few miles outside the Dallas metroplex it went from 3G to Edge, and now it's on 1G speecs since we're in the middle of nowhere. But I was able to still look up hotels in Fayetteville to spend the night in on hotels.com, so the phone saves the day again!
10:50PM
Booooo 45MPH construction zone!
10:58PM
Finally back to 70!
11:01PM
We are now exactly half way to our hotel for the night!
11:09PM
And finally, after 280 miles, we've finally got out of Texas and are now in Oklahoma. This is only the second time I've ever been in the state.
11:15PM
There's a gorgeous half moon in the horizon, a dark rusty red color. Also we're so in the middle of nowhere it says I'm roaming right now. And Kara wants another shoutout!
11:20PM
We just passed our first Indian casino, we'll stop and try our luck on the way back. There's also a ton of cops around, trying to catch people in the 55MPH zone around the casino. But it's back up to 70 soon enough.
11:25PM
The car says it's 21F outside, down from 34F in Dallas, and 48F when we left Austin. It's supposed to be 10F for the low tonight, so it's going to be COLD! We think this is why the moon is rising so slowly, it doesn't want to get out of bed.
1:05AM
Just hit I40 after 2 hours of absolute nothingness. Took a short nap, but this section has been sooooo boring. Still on roaming....
1:36AM
Gas (getting 31MPG) and now I'm no longer roaming!
2:23AM
Just hit 40,000 miles on my car. That took about 2 and a half years to do.
3:25AM
Hotel! Still have another hour and a half to go tomorrow, but stopping for the night in Fayetteville. Should have worn Gator stuff. Also I love that this cheap $55 Days Inn has free Internet but the $200 rooms I've stayed in for work charge $15 a night to get it. Anyways, now to sleep!
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