Memorial Day

At my daughter's blog is a special tribute on this Memorial Day.  Since 2005 they have released balloons in honor of our son-in-law's friends. Click the link to learn more.  We are so proud of our families military history.  My Dad served in WWII, my husband 20+years, and our hero son-in-law.  Thanks to all our military men and women.

http://belovedsbride.blogspot.com/2011/05/2011-memorial-day.html

Chuckwagon Festival

We had a wonderful time at the Chuckwagon Festival sponsored by the National Cowboy and Heritage Museum.  We had good food and it was fun seeing all the chuckwagons.  The museum is amazing.  Everyone should pay it a visit.

Note how she pours the coffee.

Glenn wants a griddle like this.

From Texas

Texas chuckwagons had the best beans. 

Cute -" fixin' biscuits"

The Cunningham Sisters
C - C Ranch

Their food was very good and they were

entertaining.

"Medicine Show"

Earl and Glenn

(We met Earl and Verna at the Cornbread Festival and

met up again here in OKC)

  

We had a fun time with our new friends.

Verna

Earl and Verna,

 new friends we met in Tennessee at the Cornbread Festival.

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum     

 

"End of the Trail" 



Tornado Warnings



May 24

Today we mostly stayed around the camper due to severe weather reports.  Around 4:30 pm the wind was getting stronger and clouds swirling.  We were already preparing to go to the shelter when the Military Police came through the camp ground and told everyone to go to the shelter.  We were there until around 7:00 pm and we experienced strong winds, hail and heavy rain.  Here are a few pictures.



The shelter is around 16 x 24 reinforced concrete and
suppose to withstand winds up to 400 miles an hour.





My babies were good.  So glad I was able to take them.



Another Boston Terrier camper.  He is an old boy but
oh so sweet.

This is not photographed in black and white, it was
just that dark outside right after the rain and wind had stopped.

Streets flooded but otherwise in great shape.



Armed Forces Day - Visited the 45th Infantry Division Museum

May 21, 2011

We visited the 45th Infantry Division Museum and I would highly recommend it.  It has many exhibits from the Revolutionary War up to today.  They even had Hitler's mirrow that was taken from his bunker after he killed himself.  They had many artillary artifacts and military vehicles and planes.  So glad we went.

Some of Glenn's Patches

Harn Homestead

May 20 -  Storms were pretty vicious last night.  I don't think I went to sleep until after 3:00am.


Yesterday we visited the Harn Homestead -- we really enjoyed our visit


The Harn Homestead is an Oklahoma treasure that celebrates the territorial history of Oklahoma offering a “hands-on” and “minds-on” experience. Visitors share in the abundance of a territorial farm, the brilliance of a one-room school house, the grace of a Victorian home, and the waste-not want-not ethic of a territorial farm family. There is no place else in Oklahoma that can offer this experience which captures the spirit of the brave men, women, and children who settled this state.
The History of the Harn Homestead spans over 100 years. After the Land Run of April 22, 1889 in the Oklahoma Territory, there were many disputes over land claims so President Benjamin Harrison appointed Mr. William Fremont Harn to be a special land commissioner in Oklahoma Territory to settle these disputes.
Mr. Harn and his wife, Alice, moved to Oklahoma Territory and bought 160 acres on which the William Fremont Harn Gardens, Inc., known as the Harn Homestead, exists today. Through his experience as a claims adjuster, Mr. Harn knew the value of land and became one of the early developers of Oklahoma City. Mr. Harn purchased land near downtown Oklahoma City and developed several neighborhoods. Most notable is Harndale, now known as Heritage Hills and features some of Oklahoma City’s oldest homes. Many are currently on the National Register of Historic Places.


The Harn Homestead & 1889ers Museum.

 The land was acquired in the 1889 land run but the original owners sold it to Mr. Harn, a lawyer from Ohio, who was sent to OK by the presendent to oversee the land owners claims.

Mrs Harn was an artist and four of her art works are displayed on the walls. After a few years she wanted to go back to Ohio.  She was tired of living in a small cabin.  Mr. Harn ordered a Sears home to make her happy.  The home was very interesting to visit.








Home bought from Sears



Another home on the grounds. 



I was a little surprised to find an indoor pump.

Glenn said as a boy they didn't have an indoor pump. 


Other old buildings on the property.



Ok....here is a quiz...what is it?

Passages- 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible

May18

Passages is an exhibit owned by Steve Green, Hobby Lobby president.  It is  an amazing exhibit and  one of the world's largest private collections of rare and biblical texts and artifacts.  We really enjoyed our 4 hours viewing the exhibits.  We could have spent longer; it was that interesting.  I could not take pictures but here is a link to the web site.

http://www.explorepassages.com/

They are also located on YouTube and Facebook and at twitter - PassagesExhibit

Catching Up - May 13 - May 17

Today is May 18.  It is terribly windy.  It reminds me of when I lived in Texas -- walking to school and blowing sand stinging my legs.


Trying to catch up with blogging -- glad for internet finally.


Lake Fort Smith State Park

May 13, 14 and 15 we stayed at Lake Fort Smith State Park in Arkansas.  It was a nice park with full hook-ups.  The area was a little steep, but the truck pulled the 5^th wheel ok.  The Boston Mountains are very beautiful and picturesque. I don’t have any pictures that turned out very good. We took a nice hike around the parks registration lodge that overlooked the lake. You of course can fish and boat but we just took advantage of the nicely laid out trails.

May 16 we arrived in Oklahoma City.  We are staying at the Tinker AFB Famcamp.  It is reasonable rates for camping and we plan to be here for about two weeks.

May 17 - Today, our first full day in Oklahoma, we ventured downtown.  We were told that there is a free trolley that we could catch at the Bass Pro Shop and the trolley would take us on a route to various points of interest.  They were right and we had a nice trip through “downtown”.  We got off the trolley and spent the rest of our time along the canal area.

We took the canal trip on the water taxis.  It was a nice leisurely trip for about two miles.   The trip was entertaining as the captain told stories and information about the businesses and the history of the area.

Here are a few sights along the way.





The next few pictures were from post cards and were
painted on the brick wall by numbers.

Oklahoma City 1935

Oklahoma City 1955

After the canal ride we went back to take pictures of these bronze looking (not really bronze) statues depicting the land run.



These statues are huge.



Cowboy trying to catch his hat.

This mosaic depicts history of Oklahoma



This is beautiful. I didn't get all of it in the pic.