Bo & Bill's Western Trip

Oklahoma OK!Day 20

Cimmeron, New Mexico, to Woodward, Oklahoma

369 miles

4853 total miles

The Kit Carson Inn in Cimmeron is the closest think to the Bates Motel (remember Anthony Perkins in Psycho) we've stayed in yet. Aside from a generally dingy aura, lumpy beds and the lack of a working heater, the TV was manufactured before the advent of the remote control. It actually had a volume dial. Your travelers are spoiled. No doubt.

Woodward, Oklahoma, to Ada, Oklahoma
OKC bombing memorial and the return of greenWoodward, Oklahoma, to Ada, Oklahoma

262 miles

5117 total miles

We neglected yesterday to tell you about our dinner on the night of Day 20. It was our great fortune to stumble onto a motel that boasts the chef who won the Woodward, Oklahoma, catfish cooking competition three years running. Bo thinks it was the best catfish he had ever tasted, with the exception of that served by Country & Western Restaurant in Camden, Tennessee. Your travelers do know how to live!

Oklahoma mountains (this is not a misprint), fascinating state parks and more moto troubles as we move into Arkansas and bid farewell to the Sooner stateDay 22

Ada, Oklahoma, to Mena, Arkansas

290 miles

5407 total miles

Today's travel exposed us to something we never knew existed - the mountains of Oklahoma. Don't laugh. They're real mountains and they're quite pretty.

The Oklahoma mountains did not disappoint!

Y'all come! We go thru the Ozarks and end up in BransonMena, Arkansas, to Branson, Missouri

286 miles

5693 total miles

Strong finish underway, we shrug off adversity and end up near the big riverDay 24

Branson, Missouri, to Sikeston, Missouri

324 miles

6017 total miles

We approached Day 24 with a great sense of trepidation. After all, the last couple of days of any trip are days of new karma. Thoughts turn to arrival rather than the trip itself. Would Day 24 be that way? Would we no longer live in the moment as our thoughts turned to home?

No way! Not your totally self-absorbed road warriors.

Sikeston, Missouri, to Nashville, Tennessee

235 miles

6252 Total Miles

All good things must pass. But not without a fight.

Although Day 25 marks the end of this wonderful journey, we decided that the adventure wouldn't end until we reached Nashville.

As the day began we faced a big decision. Do we make an out-of-the-way trip to the BMW Motorcycle dealer in Cape Girardeau and buy a new tire for Bill's bike or do we take a big chance and drive on to Nashville? We drove on to Nashville. After all, this is an adventure.