On October 3, 2005 State Representative Gary W. Banz (R) Midwest City, joined Uwe von Schamann, the development director for the J.D. McCarty Center on the first leg of CrissCross Oklahoma. CrissCross Oklahoma was a major fundraising effort to build summer camp facilities in Norman at the J.D. McCarty Center, Oklahoma’s only state supported hospital for children with developmental disabilities.

Leg one started in Boise City and ended after eight and one half riding days in Idabel. Stops included Four Corners, Guymon, Hooker, Turpin, Beaver, Elmwood, Slapout, May, Fort Supply, Woodward, Seiling, Watonga, Geary, Hinton, Cogar, Minco, Tuttle, Newcastle, Purcell, Asher, Ada, Coalgate, Atoka, Antlers, Hugo, Valliant and Idabel for a total of 585 miles.

Photos include the group beginning in Boise City, open road just west of Turpin, signage at Slapout, one of the many hills between Hinton and Newcastle, approaching Coalgate, signage at end of trip at Idabel city limits, and sunrise over Broken Bow lake the morning after completing leg one.