This is page is about two days of traveling with very little recreation, that is very little picture taking.  I have set a personal goal of being available in New Orleans by August 1.  When I routed a path to it on my GPS and I found out it was over 1000 miles away, I panicked.  That's 3+ days of traveling.  So, here I am, sitting in a campground on the South East corner of Oklahoma.  I tried for the motel in a town  called Atoka, about 30 miles back but the policeman said there were oil riggers in town and no chance of getting any motel room in his town.  Policeman?  This was a kid who almost rear ended me when I was reentering the highway.  It took him about 5 .7 nano seconds to turn on his flashers.

 He let me go though, with a ticket for no proof of insurance.  In CA, the proof is on the computer so I seldom bother with the physical copy.  Silly me.  Reminder, add proof of insurance to check list.  When I saw him coming back to my car with a ticket book (not the policeman's ball one) I sadly said; "I had hoped you would let me off easy."  He said; "I did.  I didn't write you up for reckless driving, just for no proof of insurance."  Have you ever kissed a cop?  I could have kissed him!  Also, as a bonus, he didn't say that I reminded him of his father.  (post note; I faxed proof of insurance to the police station and they dropped the ticket.  Yes, Oaklahoma is a nice and friendly state, at least for me. ;=)

This is the people access area to the dunes.  There are no restrictions on access, at all.  There were two people who were at least 1/2 way to the top.  You have to wonder though, why would anybody play in a litter box at 90 degree plus temperature?  Shouldn't they be fearful of the cat coming back?  I can understand the people playing in the sometimes six inch deep water but doing this without a life guard?  Come on people, don your life vests.
 

The first picture above is more of the sand dunes but incorporates four photo composition elements: blue sky, fluffy white clouds, some mountains and the tips of some dunes.  I did this for my friend Stu, as he especially enjoys cloud pictures.  I sent him the unprocessed photo to play with on his computer.  I hope he sends me back some examples of his processing.

The second picture above on the right, is a sunset from this evening.  I noticed it in my rear view mirror so I tried to be clever and shoot it from that perspective.  I don't think I'll be doing that again.  (Just for the record, I was not driving at the time I took this picture.)

Tomorrow, if I figure out where I am, I'll have some more pictures to share.  I'm thinking I should stay a little bit longer at this campground and get my $15 worth of camping fee.  You would think that at fifteen bucks, they would have linen service, huh?


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