About That Oklahoma (November 4 - 10)

Dear Family and Friends,

On Sunday, Roger, Bear and I drove to Winfield, Kansas (about one hour from Wichita) to see Roger's cousins. Kent And Paula are from Dexter and Linda is from Oklahoma City. We met for lunch and had such a great time catching up.

Thank you Linda, for driving all the way from Oklahoma City.

Paula, Roger, Kent and Linda

On Monday night, we met our friend, Buzz, for dinner at a restaurant near Roger's old neighborhood.  What fun we had, even though we missed Katie (Buzz's wife) who could not be there. Fortunately we got to see her last week.

Roger and Buzz

On Tuesday, November 6th, our adorable Bear turned three. We are so thrilled to have this little guy in our lives. He makes us laugh!

                                              

Happy Birthday, Bear

We left Wichita on Thursday morning for Oklahoma. Our drive to Sulphur, Oklahoma took us along I - 35 south to Oklahoma 7 to Sulphur, where we are staying in an RV park located in the Arbuckle Mountains. This is home to the Chickasaw Indians and is a beautiful area.

Lots of truck traffic along the way, especially near Oklahoma City.

Our new spot, for ten days, at Arbuckle RV Resort

On Friday we drove to Oklahoma City to visit the sight of the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Murrah building in the downtown area. The area is now a national memorial and museum. It is hard to put into words the emotions I felt at seeing the 168 empty chairs at the site where the building stood and visiting the museum which tells the story of that day and the days that followed.

 This overlook shows the reflecting pool with the 156 empty chairs.

 The chairs are lit at night.

 Notice the smaller chairs amid the adult chairs. Nineteen children lost their lives.

 The reflection pool has bookends on either side. One side says 9:01 and the other says 9:03. The bomb exploded at 9:02.

We drove by the capitol building and marveled at the beauty of the building that resembles our nation's capitol building.

Our daughter-in-law's parents, Patti and Jim, live in nearby Norman, Oklahoma. They invited us for dinner and we had a great time catching up. The main topic of conversation was about our brilliant and beautiful grandchildren, Abby and Jackson. These are the only two people that never tire of hearing and sharing those grandchildren stories. Thank you Patti and Jim for a delicious dinner and evening in your lovely home.

Patti and Jim

Finally, I have to give a shout out to Roger. He has been training for a 1/2 Marathon (13.1 miles) that will take place in Dallas on Sunday, December 9th. The pictures below show him getting ready for an 11 mile training run in Sulphur.

Wonder if he will look this happy when he gets back.

 Those last minute tune checks

Off for the run

It is hard to believe that another week has flown by. We will remain in Sulphur for a week before heading to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area for the holidays. Thank you for your interest in our blog. See you next week.