Smiles?  What? Oh, its FIVE MILES, derp

My trip to Oklacon 2012 is now over and I had a fun time.  Due to a lack of access to the tubes while I was there, everything is going up late, so ‘bear’ with me as I get caught up. 🙂

1. I have to start off with the oddball store names I saw on US 281: “Aristacats,” “City Drug,” “Mr. Cut Rate,” “Stop-n-fetchum,” and “Feedlot Restaurant.” Best one? “Scooter’s Adult Bookstore.”
2. If you are in a small town, isn’t it presumptuous to call yourself a National Bank?
3. Taking the scenic route was a good idea, lots of beautiful country to see.
4. “Mountaintop Land Bargains” – not sure if company name or actually selling land on mountain tops.
5. If the speed limit sign outside of a town has a red border around it, it means they ain’t fooling around!
6. Best thing ever: “Pie happy hour”
7. I was so happy to finally see a “Speed Limit 75MPH” sign.
8. I think my heart skipped a beat when I first realized my cell phone signal was gone and it wasn’t coming back for 3 days.
9. Passed by a store called “The Store.” And I thought the HEB marketing department was lazy.
10. I’ve seen town names on water towers, but a silo?  I guess you have to work with what you have.
11. Stuck behind a slow pickup after about two hours, surprised it took that long.
12. A restaurant named “Hamburger Hill?” REALLY?
13. I saw a bunch of classic cars pass by at a stop light in a small town.  It must have been Homecoming Night.
14. Cutting horses?  Its a cry for help, methinks.
15. Dear Dairy Queen, please make all of your restaurants like the nice one south of Mineral Wells. Thanks.
16. “Keep Mineral Wells crazy?” Maybe they should have a furcon. NOTE: The next few are after I entered OK.
17. “Bridge ices before road?” Thanks for the science lesson, roadsign.
18. A lot of casinos here, hmm.
19. Dafuq are ‘jake brakes’ and ‘engine brake?’
20. When I first saw a 25MPH speed limit in a little town, I expected to see a horse-drawn buggy somewhere. I never did so I concluded that they were just being jerks.