May 10-31, 2018 We loved our view at our campground in Denver. Mother’s Day Mother’s Day was full of love! Elizabeth and Brett introduced us to a delicious Thai restaurant. That evening Jane’s goddaughter’s husband Peter was playing at a club downtown Read more…
May 9, 2018 We planned our route from Oklahoma City to Denver so we could explore two things that interested us: The Fick Fossil Museum and the Mingo Geocache. We learned about Monument Rocks, about 20 miles away, and went Read more…
May 8, 2018 The Kansas Aviation Museum is housed in the former Wichita Municipal Airport terminal. Wichita was named the Air Capital of the World on August 12, 1927, as it had become a hub of U.S. aircraft production and Read more…
May 7, 2018 Dr. Jon Kardatzke started collecting coins when he was 16. His hobby grew and he and his wife Lorna traveled and broadened the collection. They established the Museum of World Treasures in 2001 to share and preserve Read more…
May 6, 2018 Another living history museum? We’ve been to so many that we thought this one wouldn’t take very long. Nope. Old Cowtown Museum held us captive for the better part of four hours and we’re really glad we didn’t Read more…
May 5, 2018 On April 22, 1889, 50,000 people rushed into two million acres of “unassigned lands” in Indian Territory to stake homestead claims. The event is commemorated in the Centennial Land Run Monument, dark bronze statues of people, horses, wagons, Read more…
May 5, 2018 We didn’t know what to expect at the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum, but we experienced a collection of very well organized and moving exhibits. The Alfred P. Murrah building was constructed in 1977 and housed federal Read more…
May 4, 2018 We enjoyed many of the Oklahoma History Museum’s diverse exhibits [epecially after the hundred fourth-graders and their 25 chaperones left]. The Museum didn’t try to tie the exhibits together, so we won’t either. Instead, we’ll share the Read more…
May 3, 2018 We experienced two firsts in the Oklahoma State Capitol: We loved that the Legislature was in session and we were able to watch proceedings in both chambers. We were disappointed that, because the Capitol was undergoing significant renovations, certain Read more…
April 28, 2018 Luling was established in 1874 and was the western-most stop of the Southern Pacific Railroad. It’s about 15 miles from where we stayed in McMahan. A grist mill was established on the San Marcos River there and Read more…