On The Road

5/10/14

After leaving the Glaze relatives at 6:20 p.m. we pressed on to Memphis, TN and arrived there at 10:00 p.m.

 5/11/14

We left Memphis at 8:30 a.m. and headed to Ozark, Missouri via a diagonal path through Arkansas and Missouri.  We did not realize that we would be driving through the Ozark Mountains, so that slowed our travel time, but the views were beautiful.  We bought gas in Ava, Missouri for $3.20 per gallon and that was the cheapest we have seen thus far.  We ate at the famous Lambert’s restaurant (the home of throwed hot rolls) in Ozark.  (The servers come though the restaurant and hurl hot rolls across the restaurant into the hands of eager patrons.  We ate at the Lambert’s in Sikeston, MO last year and could not resist stopping here.)   We arrived at our hotel in Kansas City, MO at 6:30 p.m.  The news reported that there had been numerous tornadoes in the area and a local school had been destroyed.

5/12/14

 We left the hotel at 7:40 a.m. and drove all day in the rain.  We passed through lots of farm land and many of the fields had deep standing water in them.  Some of the water was deep enough to come to the top of the fence posts.  The further north we traveled, the colder it became.  By the time we arrived in Fargo, North Dakota at 5:45 p.m. it was still raining, and the temperature outside was 42 degrees with a wind chill factor of 30 degrees.  We were definitely underdressed in our Florida clothes. 

 Fargo is a lovely, clean town and the largest city in the state with a population of approximately 110,000.  They have a low crime rate and low unemployment.  There were numerous shopping areas and evidence of much home/apartment construction.    We are staying at a hotel adjacent to the North Dakota State University which has a large research and technical park as well as a large agricultural research station.   It is also home to the Fargodome which will be hosting Paul McCartney in the near future.