http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oklahoma/Norman/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Oklahoma , Norman en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:27:31 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:27:31 BST Here we go off to the other side of the world more or less. Packing wasn't as terrible as I thought it would be.. but I'm taking a pretty big suitcase and an extra one for souveniers ha. I took a picture of it because I just wanted to see how they worked.. I know a packed bag isn't all that fun to look at. D. It's a little scary thinking about having to do everything by ourselves but I know http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oklahoma/Norman/blog-296664.html At this time 4 days from now Lauren and I will be checking into our hotel in Chicago hopefully on our way to England We have a rather long layover but hey whatever works for me. I'm hoping that we'll be able to find some internet cafes while we're in Europe to keep you updated. I'm so excited and a little nervous but I try not to think about it. I've got to go work on packing. I went shopp http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oklahoma/Norman/blog-295096.html Posted by Onaxthiel Since I am all strung out on Benadryl this morning I'm having Obfuscator drive this morning so that any micro sleeps on my part won't have any critical effects. Yesterday started out in Greenleaf state park the finest of the OK state parks we have seen on this trip. The facilities are good with hot showers and reasonably sized and equipped camp sites. The grills and a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oklahoma/Norman/blog-259083.html Obfuscator writes After a night dealing with unpleasant teenagers we were happy to get rolling back toward Norman. We met R at the National Weather Center where she works so that we could fit in an early tour. The building in which the NWC resides was only completed in 2006 so it's still shiny and new. The building is only about five stories tall but it looks about twice that and it in f http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oklahoma/Norman/blog-259030.html JM Irsquom sure we were quite a vision this morning walking down Comanche street with our luggage. We passed by the First Baptist Church and waved to the nice old men that stand outside to welcome worshippers. AM We left our house this morning walked down Comanche St. to get to the Norman Train Depot which is also an art gallery now therersquos a really nice death mask that from the r http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oklahoma/Norman/blog-27969.html Well its just two more weeks until I leave to go for my semester in Paris studying French language and culture. I'm very excited and have been working hard to get all my stuff together. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oklahoma/Norman/blog-16562.html