We slept, or rather tried to sleep, at a truck stop in Chandler, OK. Even with the generator running, so the AC was on, it was just too hot to be comfortable. The noise of the trucks and highway did not help either. JW got up at one point in the night. He was too hot to sleep, so he went and sat in the bathroom until he cooled down (the bathroom has an AC vent in it, so if you shut the door while the AC is on, it is the coolest place in the RV), when he came out, he flopped himself on the sofa. There just was no place to be comfortable last night. It stayed in the low 90s through the whole night!
Since we couldn't sleep, we got on the road about 5am. We made it through the rest of OK, through Kansas and into Missouri before 8am. As we drove through the northeastern tip of KS, into Joplin, MO we saw crews clearing away the debris from destroyed houses. Up the hill there were other houses all boarded up. It has been 2 months since the hurricane that caused so much damage and still they are cleaning up the mess. One local told Tom that no construction was allowed to begin untill the clean up of destroyed buildings was complete. He also said that many people are not even going to try to rebuild. They are just taking the insurance money and moving elsewhere. The Walmart has a storm relief center. All over the small city, there are signs of hope and encouragement. The people seemed sad; doing/saying all the normal things, just quiet like. Still, they were going about their business and it was clear they were getting on with their lives as best they could.
We are passing through Springfield, MO now. We are not really sure where will be stay tonight, but we are very glad that we are heading toward relatively cooler temperatures....who ever thought we would consider, highs of 97 and lows of 75...."cooler"?!
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