Springfield, Missouri to Oklahoma City, Via Tulsa was uneventful. Shortly after crossing into Oklahoma, I drove past the hometown of Will Rogers. Clouds and then fog and light rain greeted me in Oklahoma City. I over nighted at Wal-Mart.

In the morning, I changed my mind regarding routing. Originally, I was going to dive south to avoid the high country around Albuquerque. I decided to press west and try to outrun the weather system. Heading west via I-40, the famous route 66, toward Amarillo, Texas.

The last time I was in Texas, was Air Force training at Wichita Falls, a few miles south of here and 48 years back. I haven't missed it.

Westward, where I broke out of the weather at Tucumcari, New Mexico, I over nighted at an RV park. The first such stop of the trip.

Watching the weather that night, I realized that I had avoided flooding, tornados and everything but famine and pestulence by heading west instead of south. The good lord was watching out for me.

The following day, I headed south, knowing I would finally solve a mystery that had bugged me since I flew a light plane through that valley many years ago. What came first, the quiz show, or the town, named, "Truth or Consequenses?" It was named after the show in 1950. Bob Barker, the host put the word out that he would like to see a town named after the show...the rest followed.

I'm Herb and I'm on a road trip.

Bayview Herb

DFO: This is another in a series of recollections by Herb Huseland of Bayview as he criss-crosses the USA.

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