What's with all the marijuana dispensories? They are everywhere. That's the main point of this post and the topic for discussion -- unless y'all wanna riff on something else
Picher, OK is pretty much gone. It has been a ghost town for a while, but now most of the streets (what's still recognizable as a street) are fenced off with No Trespassing signs that look oddly US govt issue. Probably the EPA. And I didn't see the gorilla (high school mascot) statue this time, but I might have just missed it; I was driving >1100 miles in one day so I didn't make any unnecessary stops or detours to look around. There was a small Picher school district administration building that looked like it was still open, I thought that was strange. The only other building with vehicles around it looked like a sand and gravel company (selling chat?) Next time I'm in the area i should drive by the neighboring ghost town Cardin.
I saw 99¢ gasoline, just south of Picher at a casino gas station, but I had just filled up with $1.29 gas about 20 miles up the road
That was the cheapest gas I saw on the whole trip.
I made it back home safely; got in just after midnight. Didn't get to bed until 02:00 cuz it took a while to unwind after driving that far in one day. (Houston, TX to Rochester, MN) I guess I could have stopped in Des Moines like usual, but I thought pushing on was safer that staying at a motel. BTW, I chose my route to have no toll roads, just to avoid any unnecessary human interaction at the tollbooths. It would have been a little faster to use the I-44 (Will Rogers) turnpike for a few miles.