Today we are in McKinney, Texas visiting family. We traveled through Missouri, taking a circuitous route through the Ozarks to see places where we had once lived and then headed to Springfield, Missouri across Highway 65. We had wanted to visit Pioneer Village in Mansfield, but got there too late and it was already closed. So, we drove on to Oklahoma, hoping to find a place to stay for the night.
We had not anticipated that the route we were taking through Oklahoma passed through the Indian Reservations and their casinos. Every hotel was full and those that had a vacant room were very expensive. We stopped at a Hampton Inn that was full and I asked the desk clerk what was going on for all the hotels to be full on a Monday night.
She answered, "nothing." But I think it must have been some special at the casinos for there to be so many people traveling and staying along this God forsaken stretch of Oklahoma. So, we continued to drive until we got to Texas. By the time we were at the border, we decided to drive on to McKinney to our destination. We got in at 2:30 a.m. and woke everyone up. But we are here and plan to visit for a few days before heading out once again to San Angelo and Ft Davis, Texas.
Our son-in-law is a salesman and so we have to keep our eye on him constantly. He tried to sell our camper to the plumber when we were distracted for a moment. Fortunately, we were able to stop him before he closed the deal.
McKinney is very different from what I remember. When I was young and lived in Dallas, McKinney was just a cow-town. Now it is a booming, bustling suburban area. I can see why our children like it here, but we are looking for something a little less bustling for ourselves.
We had not anticipated that the route we were taking through Oklahoma passed through the Indian Reservations and their casinos. Every hotel was full and those that had a vacant room were very expensive. We stopped at a Hampton Inn that was full and I asked the desk clerk what was going on for all the hotels to be full on a Monday night.
She answered, "nothing." But I think it must have been some special at the casinos for there to be so many people traveling and staying along this God forsaken stretch of Oklahoma. So, we continued to drive until we got to Texas. By the time we were at the border, we decided to drive on to McKinney to our destination. We got in at 2:30 a.m. and woke everyone up. But we are here and plan to visit for a few days before heading out once again to San Angelo and Ft Davis, Texas.
Our son-in-law is a salesman and so we have to keep our eye on him constantly. He tried to sell our camper to the plumber when we were distracted for a moment. Fortunately, we were able to stop him before he closed the deal.
McKinney is very different from what I remember. When I was young and lived in Dallas, McKinney was just a cow-town. Now it is a booming, bustling suburban area. I can see why our children like it here, but we are looking for something a little less bustling for ourselves.
The Mexican food is good and that is a definite draw for this area.
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