Day Three

8.4.10 Oklahoma City

I get up early at the Air Force Base and I go to walk before it is even light outside. We have come in at dark so I am not really sure of the terrain, but I sense that there are trails around the little lake that I can see and I head out in the dark. I find a walking/biking trail and it winds around the pond and then into a grove of trees. I feel at first a little concerned because I feel that someone could be waiting in the trees and jump out and get me. I guess I have watched too many Law and Orders where they find the woman jogger dead in Central Park. When I told Ted this later, he said, “ You were jogging?” I said, “Well, no, but you are never sure if they were jogging or walking are you?”

We headed over to Camping World to see if they could fix the AC unit on the Airstream. We were told at two places there that they were all booked up for the day and that they could not help us. They then called and told us to go to another place just down the road. They said that they would try to fix it after lunch. So we waited around and did errands in the area. It was a good feeling to be inside and getting things done. We got an air card so that we can get on the internet almost everywhere we are.

At the end of the day they told us that they wanted to keep the Airstream over night to see if it was tripping and going off after a certain point of cooling. We debated and then said, “Yes, keep it and we will get a hotel room.” We were grateful on many levels for the down time and the comfort of a hotel room.

We treated ourselves to a nice steak dinner in Oklahoma sooner fashion.