Blogs from Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, North America - page 6

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Left for Tusla, Oklahoma on Palm Sunday...with plans to visit family near the Texas/Oklahoma border on the way to Amarillo, Texas. The drive from St. Louis to Oklahoma was beautiful...limestone borderd the highway with trees blooming into spring. We saw lots of Red Bud trees (with their purple flowers) and the vistas were spectacular. Kind of got a hint of what the Ozarks may have in store...if we ever do a trip! Stayed overnight in Tulsa and headed out early the next day to see Mimi (Elaine, my mother); Grandpa (the girls' great grandfather); and Uncle Paul Preston at the "farm" in Whitesboro, Texas. We were looking forward to a little afternoon visit -- and then pressing on to our destination...Amarillo, Texas. Uncle Paul's farm is a wild and wooly place. On most visits you ... read more

The weekend of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, I flew to Tulsa, OK for the Christening of the newborn daughter of my good friends Kendra and Goce Janevski. Tulsa is not exactly an exciting vacation destination but my trip was quite stimulating. The trip was problematic from the start because of the ice storms that swept across North America in three separate waves from January 11 - 24. On January 12, the Governor of Oklahoma, Brad Henry, declared a state of emergency for the entire state. We're taking these actions so that the state will be in the best possible position to respond to the storm. I would urge all Oklahomans to exercise extreme caution if they have to venture outside, Henry said. Oklahoma City and the surrounding areas were the hardest hit by the ... read more

11/24/2006 1:57 PM Driving to Tulsa was difficult to say the least. We spent most of the day on state hi-ways leading us through small Kansas towns and villages. As I was driving we pulled into Fort Scott, Kansas to use the bathrooms and get something to drink. I found a convenience store in the old part of town and pulled into the driveway. Upon doing so the back end of the bus scrapped its back end on the pavement and broke the bowl of the filter between the tank and the engine, which was mounted under the cargo bay doors. We were empty of Vegoil so we didn’t notice it right away. We drove for forever waiting to hit the interstate again. When we finally did hit it we received a call from the promoter ... read more

I was just offered a weekly column in the campus newspaper's new World Traveler section. I thought my pre-departure column that got me the job would make an appropriate first entry to test this thing out before I leave. For one, I can't figure out how to indent the first lines. Preparing to study abroad is a journey in itself - the first step in learning to cope with stress, exercise patience, develop cultural awareness, and accept humility. The first of these lessons I learned during finals. Attempting to understand German grammar is stressful enough without simultaneously attempting to rent an apartment halfway around the world. I frequently envisioned myself wandering the streets of Rome, homeless. Eventually, time-differences and a constantly fluctuating exchange rate were conquered. I now envisioned myself wandering the streets of Rome, enjoying ... read more