At our stay on the farm near Shreveport we got up to a home-cooked southern breakfast with bacon, eggs, sausage and grits. Then we got a tour of the farm by the host's grandson, who is a sophomore in college and is planning on taking over the farm. Very interesting stuff, they try to do everything sustainably. They have cattle, pigs and chickens.
After that we left the farm and headed toward Dallas to meet Yanmei's friend Gao Jie. Gao Jie normally lives in San Jose, so we sometimes do stuff together with her and her husband, but she is when riding on her PhD in Texas. She is in her last two weeks before her thesis is due, so she's in panic mode. However she took a break to have dinner with Yanmei and me. I forgot to take a picture. Anyway we stayed the night at an AirBnb in Denton, Texas.
The next day we got a pretty early start and headed north to Oklahoma City where we could get on historic Route 66 for most of the rest of our trip. Yanmei took a turn driving.
David: “Slow down.”
Yanmei: “No, I'm trying to make up time.”
David: “Okay, you're the driver, it's your responsibility if we get a ticket.”
Sure enough, about 15 minutes later we had flashing lights behind us and we were pulled over. Luckily, he let us off with a warning. I think he might have wanted to check out the Tesla.
We decided to go to the National Cowboy and Western Heritage museum while we were in Oklahoma City. It wasn't that great unfortunately, so we headed west along Route 66.
We passed through Amarillo in the Texas panhandle and finished the day in Tucumcari, New Mexico after going through a big thunderstorm.
-David
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