Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Oklahoma is OK!




(Craig writes) We traveled from Clarksville, Arkansas to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma today and things are looking more "cowboyish" around us now. Did you ever wonder why Arkansas is pronounced "ark in saw" and Kansas is pronounced "cans us" instead of "ar cans us" or "can saw"? Just wondering!

While in OK City we visited the National Memorial here. Back in 1995 some angry and sick men made a bomb in a van and exploded it while it was parked next to the Murrah Federal Building killing 168 people. Yet another stark reminder of what anger and hatred can lead to. The memorial is very beautiful and honors the lives lost.

Tomorrow we continue West and plan to sleep in Texas. Becky says she plans to have a steak for dinner tomorrow, sounds good to me!

2 comments:

ashlea said...

Hope ya'll enjoyed a yummy Texas steak and look forward to hearing about it! Dad did ya'll head to the 48oz. place tonight or is that in another part of Texas? :) I'm enjoying reading all your updates. Glad those guys in Arkansas didn't get you. :) Seems like people think of Southerners when they think of rednecks, but is sounds like we've got nothing on the those guys. Love you!

ashlea said...

Love the slideshow ya'll added! Keep them coming! :) The wind farm and Texas photos are my favorite so far! :)