O-o-o-OH-Klahoma!! Part 2 of 5

Yesterday was the first full day in Enid, OK was fun. We woke up - did a round of P90X with Josh - which was NOT a good idea after running the Half marathon the previous day.
For lunch we went to Katy's Pantry. One of the best kept secrets in Enid. It is a little place that serves sandwiches and salads. I got a BLT.

That afternoon, I was introduced to one of the best places ever! Its called Little Bit of Seattle. Serving fresh Frozen Yogurt and Gelato. Located in little Wuakomis, OK.

Later that night we went to the local bowling ally on Vance and played a few games. All three of us didn't do to bad though.
Today we had to go back to the Oklahoma City Airport to pick up my military ID card. It fell out of my pocket on one of the planes. United finally got around to routing it to me here.
On the way down, we went through Kingfisher, OK. The town where Sam Walton (founder of Walmart) was born.

Oh, this is what its like to be a tourist in Oklahoma. :)

Also passed through Yukon, OK. Home of Garth Brooks. Ever heard of him?

After going to the airport, we headed out on Route 66. Just outside of Oklahoma City (in Arcadia, OK) is a restaurant called Pops. Hopefully the large soda bottle gives it away - what they are known for.

Yummy burgers.

Pops is known for have ALOT, and when I say ALOT - I mean ALOT of different flavors of soda.

I really liked this Honey Cream one.

Tried to expand my horizon and got a pomegranite berry soda.

Verdict: I would not advise anyone to give this one a try.

Just a little further down Route 66 is this big barn called..... (wait for it)... The Round Barn.

Other than it being really old....

There was some cool stuff inside.

Hey!! I know those two!

The upstairs is turned in to a dance floor/wedding hall.

Seems a little scary to have a dance or alot of people on that floor. It made alot of noises. Careful Josh...

Then we headed back in to Oklahoma City to do more TOURIST things. Next stop was the Oklahoma City National Memorial.

Next Tuesday(Apr 19) will be the 16 yr Anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. On that day, Timothy McVeigh along with others attacked the Alfred Murrah Federal Building with a bomb attack that claimed 168 lives to include 19 children under the age of 6.

In 1995, I was 13 yrs old. I only remember seeing pictures. Not really knowing the effects of the whole thing. But I have since - learned alot about it. I finally got to visit the site. If you haven't been there, it is a very solemn place in downtown Oklahoma City.
There is a reflection pool. A large wall on one side have a 9:01 on it - which represents the time BEFORE the attack happened - when things were normal for many people.

Its not a cemetery, but they have a chair to represent each person that died from this attack. Large chairs for adults, and small chairs for children. At night they light up.

Just outside the Museum's door is a children's mural.

Outside of the fence, people still leave flowers and different things, to remember what happened.

Doing a little more waking downtown, there is Sonic's Headquarters!!!

After realizing that most places close at 5 during the week, we headed back to Enid. Josh and Shaleese took a turn to go to a portion of downtown, and we saw this sign outside the town's ballpark - it said, "Game Today". So we went to check it out. We didn't have to pay to get in. Northern Oklahoma College (The Jets - probably named because of Vance AFB) played Pratt Community College (The Beavers from Wichita, KS).

We really didn't have a team we were going for. But the Enid team was awfully noisy, which kind of made us want to go for the team from Kansas.

After about 30 min, we decided that was enough baseball, and went back home. Shaleese and Josh showed me a new way of making pizzas.

It was a pretty fun day.