Hot. Just hot.

Summer in northwest Texas.  It didn't take long for it to get into the 90s.

The built-in infotainment center in the motorhome alerted me to a "Curve Warning Ahead"...

Must have been way ahead.  I never saw it.  Did see some road construction, though...

And hills...

Into our third day of driving, and until about 3:00 this afternoon, we were still in Texas.  Rufus got some nap time in - he is feeling quite secure...

As we got close to lunch time, we looked ahead on the map.  The town of Paduca looked like it might be big enough for a lunch stop... nope.  It was small, and felt like we were in a time warp...

A 5 & 10¢ store (closed)...

I don't think that's a current first run...

I found us a semi-shady place to park; Rufus got fed, Joan made sandwiches for us.  I stretched my legs a bit...

The next town was a half hour away (Childress) and looked even smaller on the map.  It wasn't.  They had all kinds of fast food, a Pilot Travel Center, and a Walmart.  Well, too late since we already ate, but we found gas for $2.37 - about 50¢ per gallon less than we've been seeing.  I still had half a tank, but decided to fill 'er up.  A snug fit getting this rig in the gas station, I had to put it at an angle to the pump so we'd be able to get out...

More road construction...

We started seeing a bunch of these tanks (for compression pumping oil wells)...

Mid afternoon, I was ready for something cool and refreshing - we stopped at another town, and I ran across the street to a Sonic... chocolate shakes!

Tasty on this hot afternoon.  The outside air thermometer in the motorthome was reading 100º - that's what the weather weasels were predicting.

Finally, after 3:00, we came to the border with Oklahoma...

This would be a 3 state day, because we are passing through the narrow panhandle of Oklahoma...

While stopped at a light in Liberal, Kansas...

Yeah, it is hot.  Not 113º like this says (I'm sure the temperature probe was in the sun)... but it is hot.  We ran the generator the last half hour or so of driving so we could run the coach air to get the back of the motorhome cooled down a bit before stopping for the day.

A longer driving day today, but we did get an earlier start.  Looks like the heat will continue to follow us north.