Ice Cream on Route 66

We took a lovely road out of Eureka Springs, AR into Oklahoma. I was amazed by the openness, scenery, and tranquility of this part of the country. 

As we were preparing to leave Oklahoma (this was on a Saturday), I was saying to Zheng, 

"We should really get an oil change and get the car looked at. We will be driving through some remote country, and we should make sure everything is in working order." 

And sure enough, we pulled up to a car place that took walk-ins. Minutes later, our car was getting an oil change and we were getting good wifi and free popcorn. 

(God provides things in very mysterious ways!)

Tulsa was the next stop. My dad had shared a memory from his teenage years with his family when they traveled out west:

"We stopped for ice cream every day at 3." 

One of my few regrets was that this rule was not introduced at the beginning of the road trip. It is also a reminder that I have a hard time resisting ice cream with "peanut butter" as a main ingredient.

PHOTO: Braum’s stop, somewhere in Oklahoma …