Cross the Red River and the land is flat in all directions. But not for long. We drove the scenic route, on Highway 281 which turn our to be a lovely drive, through farm land and ranch lands and feed lots and oil fields, one after another. The traffic was slight so the drive was easy. Once again we stopped by four so had time to hot tub and swim here in the hotel.
Apache, Oklahoma is a very small town, but today they are celebrating. Their women's high school softball team won the state championship yesterday. Apache is a town on an Indian Reservation and the whole town looks as if it is closed or for sale. Every window in the down was decorated with spray paint congratulating the women warriors. It was fun to see. Also to imagine winning from such a small school. I saw one picture and the team looks great.
And we saw many many oil wells pumping in the old fashioned way. Whole fields as far as the eye could see are engaged in either gas or oil. And we saw hugh wind farms. Many of the fields we saw today make our farm look like postage stamps. Different places, different crops. Most small town we passed through seem to be fading away. Easy transportation has people driving to the bigger cities I bet.
I was surprised at the variety today. My image was of flat land, but that is not the case, at least not all the time. So far in Kansas the farms are huge and the land is flat. I await tomorrow.
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