Day 9- Thursday. This was a day of travel. Especially in Texas at 80 mph.  We  Left Oklahoma City and found the route again.  We visited Ukon,  the home of Garth Brooks. Traveling a bit off the road we found the community jail. It looked like a place to avoid. As we travelled along the road turned to gravel. We reversed direction and found pavement.  After a few turns we were back on the route. We ran across the giant pop bottle, a cross some 295' tall, a leaning water tower.  For lunch we found a little dive and had a horseshoe:). Affectionately a large plate of  meat and fries. We finally settle in at Vega, the official 1/2 way point of the route.