Tiggers don't like Oklahoma

Arkansas was surprisingly fabulous, but Oklahoma, which we haven't actually seen by daylight, is evil. Consider this:

Signs seen in Oklahoma (to be clear, these are legit, federal highway signs):
"Speed limit strictly enforced."
"Checotah, Home of Carrie Underwood, American Idol 2005" (biggest of all signs seen in the state)
"Baby Jesus of Prague Shrine"
"Absolutely nothing, 200 F-ing Miles"

Ok, the last one isn't true, but the first four are real. And clearly the evil plan of the Oklahomans is to enforce the speed limit by having the most dreadful roads EVER. These make Louisiana look like smooth sailing.

And, one last question for Scott to Google - does Oklahoma have canals and/or locks? There were some mysterious signs that seemed to imply as much.

But now, we are (finally) happily ensconced at a Holiday Inn Express in the undoubtedly fine city of Shawnee, Oklahoma, and I'm resting my tyres. It was a long day, but I'm not going to let the dreadful OK roads spoil my memory of the lovely "mountain" highways of Arkansas, where we drove with the top down until the temperature dropped to 53.

G'nite.