J Matt's Winter Vacation, Day 1

So, I left Champaign at about noon today, and have arrived at my first stop (of necessity, mind you--not pleasure): Tulsa, OK. The drive here was shitty. The weather: shitty. The drivers in the 9-hour ice storm: Shitty. The people I actually interacted with in person: quite the opposite of shitty.

Because most of the trip so far was in the familiar desolate mid-western winter landscape we all know and loathe (or was in pitch black), I have but one photo to share with you, taken from the side of the road in Joplin, Missouri:




Yep. That's what it says.

The really funny part is that it's an automotive factory.

They make shock absorbers.

Perfect.

Anyway, onward to Santa Fe tomorrow...wish me luck.

Cheerio,

J