Toby Keith-August 1, 2011

Where did July go? Goodness. We have been in 12 states so far in this coach. We ate at Toby Keith's restaurant tonight. He is a local boy. The food was acceptable but not really anything to brag about. When we left, our car thermometer had 110° on it. The heat is so bad nobody works outside past about 11:00 AM. The place is desolate in the afternoons. We met a couple from Odessa, Texas today. It is not only hot there but they have mandatory water rationing because they have had no moisture since last September. See, we don't have to look very far to realize how blessed we are. At least we have seen rain and even walked in it lately. The water here is so soft I bet the tribal medicine man is really busy prescribing meds for high blood pressure. I am not going to wash any clothes here. I am afraid I'd never get the soap suds out of my washing machine. We are off tomorrow as early as we can get out of here headed for Kansas, if we can stand the heat while traveling. Coming up here we had 3 a/c units running (one up front and two on the roof) and it still got to 88° in the back. It took a long time to cool it back down. Tomorrow will be hotter, so if it gets too hot in here we will have to stop. It's ok. We know it will be only a few more days until we get to cooler weather. Not cold, just cooler. Don't let yourself get overheated. Drink lots of fluids!