“Texas Hold ’em” has new meaning. We have noticed that in Oklahoma and now Texas, there are very few rest areas. So we’re playing Texas Hold ’em as we drive along.

Last night we stayed in Sayre, OK, and for me, despite the truck noise, it was a great night’s sleep. Cooled off nicely overnight and in fact, before morning we had a blanket over us.

Nothing special planned today. We’ll get to a Moose Lodge in Albuquerque tonight. I think they even have electricity. Great! Nothing but wide expansive ranches around here. Temperature is only 78 degrees but it’s 10:00 in the a.m.

I am finding that cellphone reception isn’t great. Thanks to my Wilson trucker antenna, I did get an important call from my mother’s nursing home a short while ago. Mom was taken to the hospital last night because they were concerned about a urinary problem. She’s back at her nursing home and will be going to the doctor today. (Mom has Alzheimer’s and I have power of attorney and am responsible for her care and needs.) Hope it’s nothing too serious.

Gas prices just continue to rise. It always seems that the station we passed up ends up having had lower prices than the one where we gas up. Oh, well.. It’s just a gamble, and we aren’t very good at gambling.

Twenty more miles and we’ll be in Amarillo, TX.