[RKDinOKC]

My Sister lives in Rolla. It's exactly 400 miles from my driveway to hers. In my red 90 928 GT I've made that trip in as little as 4 hrs including stops for food and gas. It was on a 4th of July weekend to boot. There was zero traffic from Joplin to Tulsa and I took full advantage of it. Had my Valentine 1 go off while doing 160 near Big Cabin, but never saw em or any for that matter.

Brian Swope from Warbonnet broke down in Rolla a few years ago. She put him and his family up for the night and helped them get a rental truck and trailer to get their Audi home. A cam broke. It was not too long after all the ZDDP was removed from motor oil.

There was a cool old car museum on top of the hill in Rolla. Don't know if it's still there, last time in Rolla couldn't find it. Besides the cars they had a restoration shop with all the machinery and tooling to build cars just like the 20's. All the machines where drivin off a big leather belt system. What I thought was the coolest car was a 1926 Oldsmobile SS. It was a boat tail 2 seater and had aluminum discs bolted to the wooden wheels. They said it's top speed was 90mph and was used by the rich family in Rolla to run moonshine. Visiting that museum was one of the last places my Dad and I went together before he passed.

The only problem with the turnpikes are all the construction zones. It's no wonder, never been thru there and seen anyone actually working. Wasn't ever as bad as from Dallas to Austin last year though. Seems like some areas of the highway are ALWAYS under construction.