Ride across the USA

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Looks like you saw some desolation on your way east, Django.

Yesterday I started out in Cuchara.



If you ever happen to be in that area, ride the scenic bypass highway 12 to Trinidad. It's well worth it if you like scenic and twisties.







After that the landscape became flat,



meeting a train,



even more flat.



In Germany we have a saying, if you are in the middle of nowhere, you are in "Pampa". Here we are:



Yesterday was highway day, riding thru those little morbid towns, partly abandoned. After staying the night at the KOA near Elk City, today was Interstate day and the Ozarks in the afternoon.

Near Oklahoma City the traffic get more crowded.



That's Oklahoma City



and after burning some more gas we enter Arkansas.



The Ozarks I really like! Lots of twisties and no speed limit beside the 55 miles. Arkansas seems not to pamper the traffic like they do in Colorado.



This night I stay in Kingston. Seems to have seen better times, too.

I'm curious. In what sense do you mean this? I don't fully grasp the observation.

I'm curious. In what sense do you mean this? I don't fully grasp the observation.
In Colorado there are much more speed limits before corners or along the passes. In Arkansas there is just 55 everywhere and you are more self responsible to find the right speed in the corners. There are only limits in the villages and neighborhoods. My observation.

OK, thank you. Very interesting observation.

You might have already understood this but the yellow speed limit signs at corners are "recommendations"...you don't have to follow them if you don't want or need to. I believe they are posted as a safety aid to truck drivers and people towing trailers, who might have big problems if they enter such a corner too fast.

The white speed limit signs are the actual legal speeds. Although, the degree of police speed control is variable from place to place.

In a state like Arkansas, most of the traffic is local and knows the roads. And, the state doesn't like to spend a lot of money to put up and maintain the yellow safety speed signs. So yes, anyone who is not local is expected to be self-responsible!

Safe travels!