The rest of the time spent in the very peaceful room at Ten Thousand Waves was not that enjoyable, as Natalie’s stomach was hurting. We eventually got out of the room and no more than 10 minutes into our drive Natalie was clawing at the passenger side door for Jason to pull over. Jason barely stopped in time and unfortunately, someone’s driveway in Santa Fe, New Mexico now had Natalie’s dinner of enchilada from the night before all over it. Unfortunately, this happened a couple more times, but Natalie was able to find a restroom or use my doggie bags.
Since Natalie and Jason had to keep us moving (my ship deadline of April 29th in NYC is non-negotiable), Natalie would have to sit in the car for 9 hours with what appeared to be a solid case of the stomach flu and Jason would have to do the driving for the entire 9 hours.
In addition to having an ill passenger in the car, the drive to OK City was less than fun. The New Mexico portion of our drive was scenic; however, the winds were whipping around so fast it seemed like Jason’s car door was going to fly off when he opened it to get gas near the New Mexico/Texas border.
(Natalie wasn't quick enough to snap a photo when we arrived into New Mexico; however, she did get one of us leaving the state.)
(Entering Texas!)
Going through the panhandle of Texas, I’ve never seen so much dry, and brown flatland (or, ‘plains’ as they call it). Based on Jason’s comments, it sounded like this was going to be his least favorite part of the drive. The drive through Oklahoma became a bit more green and pleasant. A couple of times I even stuck my head out to get some fresh air and sniff out my new surroundings.
We all finally got into Oklahoma City by about 9pm that evening and never being to OK City, I was pleasantly surprised. We stayed at the Residence Inn in Bricktown, which is a popular neighborhood in the City. Despite the additional $100 fee for my occupancy of the room, the hotel was quite nice. We were right next to an enticing canal (for swimming, of course), which apparently runs through the City.
Our hotel was also next to Toby Keith’s restaurant called ‘I Love this Bar and Grill.’ If Natalie had not been sick, I’m sure they would’ve left me in the room and gone to enjoy food and drink at her favorite country artist’s dining establishment.
After a restful night’s sleep that luckily cured Natalie’s stomach flu, we all checked out of the hotel, made a quick stop to Starbucks and were on our way to the next destination – Nashville, Tennessee.
Paws,
Sabrina
P.S. - We don't have any pictures of entering Oklahoma. Natalie was talking on the phone when we crossed the state line and forgot to take the picture...If I only knew how to take pictures, I would have definitely gotten one.
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