Oklahoma City 3/9/2011

well we made it to OK City and setup and then just relaxed for a few hours. The road outside OKC was soooo rough, just like riding a tricycle across railroad ties.  We waited for commuter traffic to get through and then went to the OKC  National Memorial. The pictures shown here are just a few we took. The trees are starting to bloom and as the sun was setting the veiws of the site were amazing.  It is vey sobering to stand there and just think of the distruction, devistation and the effects this tragedy had on so many people and familys  and also this country. I does make you think!
the park we are staying in is right off RT 40 but no trains!! yeah. The places we have been staying have had alot of train traffic and if you didn't know, the engineers on these trains are all sadistic souls. They sound the whistles just as much as they can. I have no idea what the sounds all mean but I am beginning to think these guys are trying to compose some sort of whistle music as they wake the world up every few minutes. If your a train enthusiast blow your horn during the day and let us sleep at nite.
Linda now....I'm glad we went into OK City.  The Memorial is as impressive as it was the last time I went to it.  That was back in 2002, with Laurie and Erin.  Laurie had to tell me the exact year.  There are chairs for each person who was killed in the blast, set up by floors and with their names on them.  You can walk up to each chair, but it just doesn't seem right.  If you remember, there were children in a day care on the second floor, and 16 of them were killed.  These chairs are smaller.  There is also a museum, which we did not go into.  I wanted to see it in early evening as the lights in the base of the chairs come on.  Also, I think the pictures we were able to take were great-with the sun setting.  Oh, and at one end of the Memorial is the time 9:01-the minute before the bomb set off and at the end is 9:03, the minute after.  I'm glad we took the trip. 
Now onto our next stop.  We are headed t Russellville, AR.  Getting closer to home!