Just heard from my wife who's traveling from Miami. OK. to Dallas.. Just went through Atoka, and said the roads have been clear and dry the whole way. Glad she was able to get back today, otherwise may have had to spend another week up there.
Y'all be safe...

Just heard from my wife who's traveling from Miami. OK. to Dallas.. Just went through Atoka, and said the roads have been clear and dry the whole way. Glad she was able to get back today, otherwise may have had to spend another week up there.
Y'all be safe...

I grew up in Miami, Commerce to be exact. My mom still lives there. Glad the roads were clear for your wife. My mom says they are expecting around 6” tonight.

I left San Marcus at 4am headed for Seagoville. I made it two miles and watched a UPS tandem jack knife on the overpass. I get another mile and a pick up spins 180 degrees and his headlights are now facing me. As I go to change lanes I got the ride of my life in an 18 wheeler. How I kept it straight can only be because I was creeping at about 35 over the bridge. Another mile and the police have flares out and are sending us all to the service road. As I passed the cop said they already have 5 wrecks over the next 3 or 4 miles.

At that point I planned to park it. By the time I get the 10 miles to a truck stop we are back on the highway and moving at about 45. Drove like that to Waco. More icy bridges and wrecks there and then Hillsboro was slick as well. Saw 3 trucks either jack knifed or off the road.

I made it to Seagoville and swapped loads. Now I’m in Monroe LA headed for Ga. I tried to go as Far East as I could before I ran out of time for the day. Let’s see what it looks like at 4am tomorrow. I’m skeptical so far.

Bledsoes diner in atoka is the bomb.

I had a buddy that was a Division Manager for Hershey Chocolate doing a ride along with a newbie sales rep in Oklahoma. Told me they got to their next sales call (a grocery store in Miami) and the rep went inside. My buddy had to get on the pay phone outside. They split up and not 5 minutes later the rep comes walking up to my buddy...all wide eyed and in shock, like he’d seen a ghost.

The kid was stammering but proceeded to tell my buddy that he walked inside just as an armed robbery was being attempted. Apparently the store manager overpowered the perp and was now holding him on the ground with a shotgun to his head waiting for the cops to show up.

My buddy said when the kid finished telling the story, without hesitating he asked the kid, “Did you get the order?” The kid looked at him like he was nuts. My buddy told the kid, “We aren’t driving all the way out here and leaving without an order.” He made the kid go back in and get the sale completed.