Amarillo, TX

After what felt like a very short night's sleep and a quick breakfast we begin driving again on July 26th. We left our hotel in Dickson, TN around 8:30/9:00am (Dickson time). I took a lot more pictures on this day since my dad drove a lot of the way and it was daylight outside.

We drove through Memphis, but I never got a picture of a Graceland sign because I never saw one. I saw a couple of billboards for Graceland but never a sign directing where to go. We passed milage signs to Jackson and immediately I thought of the song "Jackson" by Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash. We drove over the Tennessee River/Kentucky Lake.

We crossed over the Mississippi River as we passed the Arkansas state line. Arkansas was very green and pretty with lots of water and swaps around.

We passed into Oklahoma and everything began to look dryer and not so colorful. We drove over Lake Eufaula which was very large and pretty. The sun was out and the sky was very blue with clouds. We drove through Checotah which is the hometown of Carrie Underwood. I didn't know it was in Oklahoma. There was even a sign saying it was her hometown and that she was the American Idol winner - unfortunately I didn't get a picture of it. Driving at 70/75 MPH everything comes and goes so fast, if you don't know it's coming you miss it. We saw an Air Force Base and passed through Oklahoma City. I got pictures of those. We also passed through Canadian Valley, OK (which I thought was a cool name) and Yukon, OK (which is the home/hometown of Garth Brooks).

We passed into Texas and hit a short but heavy rainfall. I got some pictures of city lights in the distance at night that looks really cool. After about 14 hours of driving, we stopped for the night in Amarillo, TX - which of course reminded me of the country song "Amarillo Sky" by Jason Aldean. And I made a point of correcting my dad every time he pronounced it wrong, thanks in part to my knowing how to pronounce it because of the song.