We arrived in Oklahoma City today around 1:30. We finally solved a question we had last year while driving across Texas two times. Where were all the beef cattle??? We found them in Oklahoma. It is very nice to drive along and see so many scattered about.

After setting up the trailer we took off for the "Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum". It was very touching. Note the pictures - The monumental gates as you enter the empty chair display each have a time stamped on them. 9:01 and 9:03, this is the time on each side of the bombing. The bombing took place at 9:02 on April 19, 1995.

There is 168 empty chairs symbolizing a life lost. Of that 168 chairs, there is 19 little chairs for the children that was lost. Then we went into the museum, it starts out with a heading. "A day like any other day". Then they walk you through the events and sounds. Even through we read and heard on TV what happened, it is really different reliving it through their eyes.

Any of you that gets a chance to view this scene, it is really worth the visit.

December 28, 2010 --- We are in Miami, Oklahoma for the night. We are finally where there isn't any snow. Our trip from Carlyle, Il today went well, it could have been worse. We stopped at a rest area and Bob looked at the tires, as he normally does when we stop. One didn't look real good, little bit of a bulge. So 5 miles up the road was a "Big O Tires". Thank goodness, this way we got a new tire before it blew and damaged the trailer. Tomorrow we plan to drive to Oklahoma City.

December 27, 2010 --- We left home this morning at 8:00 a.m. Drove to Toledo across to Fort Wayne to Indianapolis, and 50 miles east of St. Louis, MO. While driving Max (grandson) wanted me to text him when we got to another state. Max & Jessica went with their Father to Mall of America. It was funny when I texted him we were in Missouri and just crossed the Mississippi River -- he texted back we are just about to go over the Mississippi River too. How cute.

Here it is the day after Christmas. We had a wonderful Christmas with our family. We started packing the trailer the other day, so today we get serious. Plan to pull out the first thing tomorrow morning. Three months is a long time to be away from the kids and grandkids. Thank goodness for cell phones and computers.