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Growing up in Oklahoma was
magical. As a pre-schooler, I have vivid memories of spending weekends and
Summers with my grandmother on the ranch — riding in the saddle with ranch hands
(AKA: COWBOYS!) rounding up the cattle, reading books with my Grandmother on her
BIG screened porch, and counting the lightning bugs as they danced in the
dark.
As a
young teen approaching driving age, you also learn about those bright yellow
yield signs on the Oklahoma highways that say, “DO NOT DRIVE THRU SMOKE!” You
see, Oklahoma has a very dry and arid climate and has a lot of tumbleweeds that
blow across highways. If two tumbleweeds happen to bump into each other, it
could cause a spark, resulting in a fire. Rolling over a burning tumbleweed on a
highway could mean a possible explosive disaster for a vehicle driving down the
road, especially if one gets caught under your car!
We
were taught that if you see smoke on the highway, to SLOW DOWN, PULL OVER to the
side of the highway, and TURN AROUND when it was safe to make a U-turn in the
highway . . . in other words, DO NOT DRIVE THRU SMOKE, and avoid the rolling
tumbleweeds!
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