DAY 10

No photos yet, but the pod cam is up and running.....Earl said it was an amazing day. They had huge amounts of rain and he is so thankful they made it through everything OK. The trunks are allowed to go the same speed as the cars in these states (which is not suppose to be the case in CA)....so add heavy rain and big fast trucks and you get...scary!

They got to meet "Sally" and her story is so interesting. Even though Earl had emailed, it was so lucky they caught her. She grew up in OK and could hardly wait to leave...and did at 18. She worked on a cruise ship for awhile then saw it was a dead end even though she loves the sea. So she planned to open a restaurant in Costa Rica. But before she could, there was a death in the family that brought her back to OK. I think Earl said a family friend offered her the Rock Cafe in Stroud, OK for $60. a month so she could learn the business before she moved to Costa Rica. Well she never left. Been there 13 years. She is like the character in the movie. She had lots of good philosphy and even though Disney made her famous she says she still cleans the toilets and does what needs to be done and loves it. She said she did not like the part in the movie about Sally's tatto ( pin stripeing). She thought that gave young girls bad ideas. They went to the place where the Fillmore character ( old flower power VW van) was and then later at the OK. Route 66 Museum met the guy they based Fillmore on, Bob. He is a great artist that has done Route 66 drawings mostly for post card for years. They are real "journal" looking.... Earl's and my favorite kind of sketches. Now he says he is done with the drawings of Route 66. He just happen to be there and plans to meet up again with the group in Williams, AZ on the 4th of July.

So about half the group went to Tucamcari, New Mexico and the others are in Amarillo, TX and ate at the Big Texan Steakhouse. Susan went home to sleep in her own bed. They saw the VW ranch with the partly buried vws and the round barn.

Tomorrow they will be in Roswell, NM in time to eat dinner at Tia Juana's.