Blogs from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North America - page 8

This place was amazing. If you are ever in Oklahoma City, this is a must see. I spent 1/2 a day there and it was not enough time. However, you do extensive walking and I got very tired. Inside you will find: . Many galleries of western art and sculptures. . Galleries of native American art and sculptures. . A gallery dedicated to Rodeos. . A gallery dedicated to the Military in the west. . An entire gallery dedicated to Colt weapons. You must see it to believe it. ... read more

Visited the National Memorial today. It was an overcast day, rather gloomy actually. Sort of fits. It is daunting to visit the site. I have included a number of photos which explain what I saw. I did not go into the museum as I wanted to visit another place and would not have enough time nor strength. If you are ever in Oklahoma City. This is a must see. ... read more

It took us 8.5 hours to get to Fort Worth. We stayed with Jared’s friend’s Cody and Sarah. They have a beautiful custom built house in a quiet development. Sarah is due to have a baby any day now... we took a tour of the house and looked at the nursery, it was so cute! We hung out in the living room and watched a tv show, “Army Wives”, then went to sleep b/c we were so tired from the long drive (and the hurricane’s). On Tuesday we drove to Oklahoma City…on the way there we drove through the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. It was AMAZING! I felt like I could reach up and touch the clouds, they were so low. We drove through the refuge and saw a herd of buffalo. We saw one by ... read more

The ride from Memphis to Oklahoma City was a tense one. Brian and I were extremely bored and kind of at each other whenever we’d try to converse so he spent much of the ride watching episodes of House (thanks Jess!) on my laptop when I was driving and when he was driving I started getting reacquainted with the book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (the movie version’s coming out soon!!!). By the time we got to Oklahoma City we’d been in the car for almost 7 hours but we were slightly cheered up by the fact that, courtesy of my dad and his hotel points, we’d be staying in our first hotel of the trip…the Sheraton. After checking in and relaxing in the room for a bit, we decided to check ... read more

Memphis to Hot Springs Miles and miles of flat fields - hard to know what’s grown around here at this time of year. Did see some cotton fields, muddy rivers, flooded fields, green winter crops… Short squatty silos, few barns, and lots of fields. Heavy rain for most of the trip today as we head to Hot Springs--boyhood home of Bill Clinton. Lunch at a cute little place called Granny’s Kitchen in the downtown area, across from bathhouse row. It’s foggy and drizzly but clear that we are in a more mountainous area - the edge of a national park where the hot springs originate. While Andy relaxed at our b&b, Jennie partook in the ancient tradition of “taking the waters” (mineral baths) at Buckstaff Baths, the oldest active bathhouse in Hot Springs (since 1912). It ... read more