I'm a new Bird owner

[Ryan Wright]

Brad,

> I was out at Paul Davis' place today and saw your coach. Looks very good in
> person..leather seats in good condition, paint and metal work look good.
> The woodgrain laminate will probably outlast us all. I think the guy who
> consigned his coach took pretty good care of it. I think he bought an '03
> Affinity from Paul.

How cool! Thanks for sharing that with me! I appreciate that you
checked it out and let me know what you found. I can't wait to get
down there. The next 48 hours are going to just drag by - but I'll bet
the two weeks after that fly!

> I'll agree with Chuck about Oklahoma City. The most ridiculous thing is
> that you have only one lane to turn east on I-40 for a couple miles, then
> north on I-35 in OKC. Traveling between Dallas and Wichita for nearly 30
> years, I'm an expert on that stretch of I-35. It's unusual NOT to have an
> NDE in OKC. If you happen to be near Perry (101 miles south of Wichita)
> Sooner's Corner, on the west side of I-35 has a pretty good breakfast buffet
> for a truck stop.

Thanks for the tips. By NDE, do you mean "Near Death Experience"?
Sounds like fun. ;-)

Any tips on routing around that area? I'm going to be a really fresh
Wanderlodge driver with only a few hours in the saddle when I hit OKC.

-Ryan