On the road again! It's been two years since our last big trip and we are glad to be 'on the road again'. In our quest to see as much of our great country as we can, we are heading north thru the mid-west to the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and back down to the scenic parks of eastern Utah. As usual, we only have a rough idea of places to go, and we will probably find lots of things to see and do. We left home last Sunday afternoon and made to Dallas to overnight at the home of daughter-in-law's sister, where we were able to have family time as well as visit some dear friends nearby. After we visited our friends the next morning, we got underway for Oklahoma. We found the Chickasaw National Recreation Area on Lake of the Arbuckles south of Oklahoma City, where, with the Senior Pass, we camped for two nights for half-price. We spent the day relaxing (after that long bit of traveling) and a bit of kayaking. Moving on to Oklahoma City, we met with my cousin's daughter at the Oklahoma City Stockyard. She works for the US Department of Agriculture, and sends in statistical reports of cattle sales. Acres of stock pens. That's the auction building in the background. On Mondays and Tuesdays, these pens are full of cattle. This stockyard is now the largest in the country and one of the two surviving stockyards. On a drive downtown, we visited the site of the Federal Building bombing which occurred in 1995. A quote from Wikipedia: "The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. It would remain the most destructive act of terrorism on American soil until the September 11 attacks six years later." This is a photo taken from another website. The bomber parked his truck loaded with fertilizer based explosives on the street in front of the building. This is our picture. The water is where the street was, and the building was to the left, facing the street. On the left bank there are rows of symbolic 'chairs', one for each of the 168 people who died here. OK, enough of that. I'm going to close this report which is overdue, since we've been gone almost a week now. It's taken me awhile to get back in the groove. More on Oklahoma City later. Stay tuned.
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