While every Bike & Build morning is rough getting up, today was particularly rough on the group. At some point during the night, someone slashed the tires on our van ("Vanna White") and trailer. Our wonderful leaders took charge of getting the tires replaced and we were still able to get a good start to the day. We would be seeing the van later in Lawton, but for most of the day it stayed in Wichita Falls along with our leaders.
We crossed into another state today!! We set off this morning with a police escort on the busy highway/bridge from Texas into Oklahoma. Some riders from Wichita Falls even joined us for the ride to the border! Sadly, since we were in middle of an escort, there was no time to stop at the state line for pictures with the Oklahoma sign, guess we will have to do that on our way out of the state.
The entirety of the day was spent with some awesome tailwinds, making the 59 mile ride pass by all too quickly. Oklahoma is surely the prettiest state that we've been to yet, in my opinion. Although it does not have the beach and ocean that I find gorgeous, Oklahoma is beautiful in its own way, with rolling hills and even some mountains in the distance. In actuality, Oklahoma is exactly as I thought it would be like, much like all of the other states that we passed through. The only difference being how I underestimated its natural beauty.
The roads were incredibly quiet as I rode with Colleen and Connor today (and as Connor attempted to teach us the lyrics to Oklahoma!). We stopped for lunch at a church in a town with a 7 person population, where I saw my first wild tarantula (dead). Another 15 miles on and we actually saw a live one crossing the road. Crazy!
Lawton is not a roaring city, but it is a lot bigger than some of our past towns, so we made good use of our extra time and explored the nearby mall and ran out to the nearby Walmart and the bike shop for necessities.
We crossed into another state today!! We set off this morning with a police escort on the busy highway/bridge from Texas into Oklahoma. Some riders from Wichita Falls even joined us for the ride to the border! Sadly, since we were in middle of an escort, there was no time to stop at the state line for pictures with the Oklahoma sign, guess we will have to do that on our way out of the state.
The entirety of the day was spent with some awesome tailwinds, making the 59 mile ride pass by all too quickly. Oklahoma is surely the prettiest state that we've been to yet, in my opinion. Although it does not have the beach and ocean that I find gorgeous, Oklahoma is beautiful in its own way, with rolling hills and even some mountains in the distance. In actuality, Oklahoma is exactly as I thought it would be like, much like all of the other states that we passed through. The only difference being how I underestimated its natural beauty.
The roads were incredibly quiet as I rode with Colleen and Connor today (and as Connor attempted to teach us the lyrics to Oklahoma!). We stopped for lunch at a church in a town with a 7 person population, where I saw my first wild tarantula (dead). Another 15 miles on and we actually saw a live one crossing the road. Crazy!
Lawton is not a roaring city, but it is a lot bigger than some of our past towns, so we made good use of our extra time and explored the nearby mall and ran out to the nearby Walmart and the bike shop for necessities.
Ride Partners!
Colleen
Connor
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