The wind blew us into Tinker AFB RV Park in Oklahoma City. We took a day trip down town; the city is a lot bigger then I thought it would be. There are a lot of beautiful city & federal buildings, museums & galleries, and sport stadiums. The oil boom must have something to do with this. In fact, there is a working oil drill in front of the State Capital Building.
We drove through Bricktown, once a major warehouse district, it is now a very hip & growing entertainment district.
We visited the Oklahoma City National Memorial, the site of the April, 19, 1995 bombing, one of the largest terrorist attacks on American soil - 168 Oklahomans died on that day. It's a beautiful, peaceful memorial, but very sad. We couldn't bring ourselves to go inside the museum; we've had enough sadness in our lives.
WOW! At the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, we spent hours looking at all the different exhibits. From fine art to pop culture, and Native American objects to historical western gear we watched the history of the American cowboy unfold.
This statue called The End of the Trail by James Earle Fraser depicts the "doomed fate" of Native American Indians as western expansion consumed their land.
Till next time...
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