Saturday, July 25, 2009

Liveblogging my road trip

Coming at ya from Bridgette on my roadtrip. We decided to go somewhere for the weekend and Oklahoma City was the closest place.

-We're taking the long route (because its close). So far we've had a good variety of road kill, e.g. Armadillo, raccoon, etc. And one rooster is dangerously close.

-We were excited to see the home of the national clogging champions, "the Durrant Stompers."

-Lake Texoma is much bigger than what it seems like on a map...probably because everything is bigger in TX. It's called Texoma because it is on the border of TX and OK, (creative huh, you'll never guess where Texarkana is).

-Two indian reservations down, and not a single slot pulled.

-The dual DVD players in our new car are a welcomed addition.


More to come...

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-Went to Bricktown which was an intersting little area of OK city. They had some good BBQ and pizza.

-I'm sure this water taxi on the canal system in Bricktown would be fun...but its 104 degrees.

-Stopped at the hotel and waited for it to cool of and then we went to the OK city bombing memorial. You don't quite realize what happened here without seeing this place. The memorial has one large black wall that says 9:01 (one minute before the bombing), then the middle has a reflecting pond and a bronze chair for evey victim (with smaller chairs for the children...and there were a lot). The chairs were laid out symbolic as to where the people were in the building. Then when you pass there is a matching wall that says 9:03. It is really sad, but yet a great rememberance for the people, and it gives some perspective on life.

-Swimming is a pain, how is the pool cold when it's 100+ degrees in the day.

-The kids are in bed now, which is no small chore in a hotel room.

Tomorrow should be fun. Plans have specific reference to rt 66, soda, and cheese fries (with the soda and fries being in different places).

2 comments:

Linda Barton said...

Where is Louisiexas?

Linda Barton said...

Ohhh, now I understand "Texaco" (thanks Jared)