Today we left Tulsa, enroute to Dallas. It was our first day riding that we weren't wearing chaps, coat and full faced helmets. It really felt good riding without all the gear. The roads were a bit rough, as we took Route 75 south, which eventually turned into the Indian Nation Turnpike. We passed by Eufaula, OK, where we stayed back in 2010, after riding through Oklahoma in 106º heat. Today was much more comfortable, for the time being. As we got closer to the Texas border, the temps were rising. We had plans to stop in Frisco Texas and have lunch at Babe's Chicken Dinner House babeschicken.com with a friend, Kim, from High School. We took the exit as directed by the Garmin, aka Moses! We needed gas and every gas station we passed was either under construction, closed or on the other side of Hwy 350, a divided highway. We finally crossed over and gassed up. I texted Kim to let her know where we were. We got back on the road and a couple miles further and Moses said to get on the North Dallas Tollway which was a toll road. The next instructions said to exit at Cotton Gin Road. We did. And Moses then instructed us to continue straight, back on to the North Dallas Tollway. Which we did. A ways down the road, I notice the scenery change to city and I realize we are almost down town and Moses isn't taking us to Babe's, but the hotel. By this time it is 95º and we are starving and overheated and had the low blood sugar shakes! And I see I have a message from Kim, whose waiting for us back at Babe's. I felt so bad standing her up for lunch, but we were not going to be able to get back on the bikes and head back up to Frisco for lunch in the condition we were in. We ended up eating a couple flat bread sandwiches from the food court next to the hotel. Sorry Kim, I owe ya lunch.
We veg out for a couple hours and then get ready to go see our friend Don E Brown play at the Mercy Wine Bar in Addison. We opt for a cab because it's rich hour and it's hot and were gonna be drinking. We call Yellow cab and John picks us up. He asks if we want to go by way of the North Dallas Tollway which is said to be faster. Oh sure, it's $6 extra due to the toll. I asked John how it works, since we didn't see any toll plaza's and a sign said it would bill us if we didn't have a sensor. He said they take a picture of the license plate. When I realized the cameras were above the lanes which left me to question if they could even photograph our license plates since the tourpak™ hangs out over the license plate. I guess we'll need to watch the mail for a bill!
We meet up with Don at Mercy and drink a bit of wine while listening to the tunes by Don and his Partner Sam E who call themselves the E Avenue Boys.
My cousin Diana and her husband Fletcher came out to see us there. I hadn't seen Diana since I was in 6th grade! We had some catching up to do! 
It was great seeing her and meeting Fletcher, a real live West Texan! It was good to see Don too and hear him play. So after a good time, good eats and too much good wine, we called it a night and cabbed it back to the Homewood Suites.
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