Travel Day and the BBQ Frontier

It has been a long time since I sampled Texas BBQ. I was passing through Amarillo, and with assistance of the yellow-pages directory in the navigation system, I was able to locate a mini BBQ. The quality of the meat was excellent, and it was served pulled, on a bun, just like Brad's. Less smoke flavor, drier, and the sauce was not sweet and smokey, but a bit under-powered with Santa Cruz Chili Powder. That's Texas BBQ. I almost stopped at another BBQ.

I've gotten a bit better at catching trains. This is out the passenger window, using the best-shot-selector. No more blur, but you gotta time it right. There is significant lag with a digital camera.

I cleaned the windshield, and there were some sun-dogs to catch over the New Mexico desert.

Of course, everyone is asking about the sauce. Here it is, loading down the passenger side of the vehicle. Albuquerque is at the left side of the map, at the nexus. Now you know exactly where the sauce was when the photo was taken.

A quick pause at a rest-stop provided an opportunity to make some nice PS3 wallpaper. Here is a standard aspect shot of the Varga and Snow that I was driving through.

Even through the dirty windshield, a sunset shot was possible today. Enjoy this New Mexico sunset. I punched through Albuquerque, Grants and Gallup, penetrating 50 miles into Arizona before stopping for the night in Holbrook. I was jazzed about getting back to my own time zone, crossing two time zones boundaries and over 900 miles in one day of travel.

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Sun Day?

The blue is snow. Bartlesville is at the center of the map, and the rotation of the storm has us on the back side. The wrap-over as I call it. While there is a good 4" of snow on well insulated rooftops, the wind has done a better job at removing snow than anything else. The roads are clear but slushy. Today will be a good day to take a scenic trip over to Pawhuska for a nice afternoon meal by a warm fireplace in an old stone house.

Snowing in Barttlesville

I did run a check on the weather for the first week, and it was pretty accurate. I brought my umbrella anyway, since I know the weather in northeast Oklahoma can be very changeable. Tomorrow is supposed to be the first day of spring. I wonder if the birds know something.

This tree is on the lee side of the conference/restaurant section of the hotel. My view is left of center and of the rooftop of the extension. The rail in the photo is the wall extension that makes the building look like it has a flat roof from the ground. It hides the peaked roof and HVAC equipment so you don't see it from the road or parking lot.

There is just a bit more that 1" of snow on the rail. They are saying up to 6" total may fall over the next 36 hours. Then it will be cold. Good thing about this is that I will not overheat moving my items from the garage to storage. I brought my light gloves that will help, but will not be perfect. Nothing is. The worst part is that my snow shovel is missing too.

I can hear the maids making their rounds, and I will give them the day off today. It's time to rebuild my macros and do some campaign battle. Internet connection stress test time.

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