Oct. 2nd
We drove the 250 miles to Oklahoma City – a bright sunny day. We traded the many wind turbine fields of Kansas for the gas & oil fields of Oklahoma.
Our campground was not what we expected. Reason being they were hit by a tornado May 7th and are in the process of trying to get it all put back together. The campground was full that day when the tornado first hit Moore Ok. once again and headed for the 28 years old Road Runner RV Park. RV’s were tossed around like matchsticks, all destroyed. Whereas there were no fatalities, 12 people were hospitalized with injuries. The photos of the storms aftermath were pretty scary stuff.
Oct. 3rd
Today we toured the Oklahoma Memorial Museum, Reflecting Pool, and Field of Chairs. This is the site of the Murrah Federal Building bombing by Timothy McVeigh April 19th, 1995. Needless to say this was a very sad, emotion packed tour that was well documented and extremely well done.
Downtown Oklahoma City is well appointed with many eateries, a minor league stadium for the LA Dodgers farm team, botanical gardens, art museums and much more. All in all it was an enjoyable day.
Tomorrow we are off to West, Texas, and South of Dallas / Fort Worth. Our ultimate destination is College Station and the George Bush Presidential Library.