Oklahoma City, OK

We can check another place off the list. Went to the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum today. Pretty big place. Lots of displays, gorgeous grounds but as usual not enough Indians. There were some beautiful Native artifacts but more "cowboy" things. Many guns and swords, which did nothing for me. An incredible room that was set up as a town with school, church, saloon etc. It was set at early evening and had sound effects--train arriving, horse shoes being made. From there we went to the OKC National Memorial. That was amazing. Wasn't sure we wanted to see it but are really glad we decided to go. To see something nice come out of such a tragic event was worth it. The tribute to those who died is unbeliveably touching. It is quite a place. Still warm but no humidy, loving it!

Oklahoma City, OK

Happy half a century to my baby brother Daryl. Hope you are doing something to celebrate this special day. No I won't let you use the age of your kidney;-)
Happy birthday Carole. Jack Benny for you;-) Don't work too hard at being the pay master. No rest for the weary.
EAT CAKE!
Safe travel to Pat and Esther. Hugs to the Bears of S Carolina.

We have a rquest for more pics a campsites , okie-dokey, here you are...

Oklahoma City, OK

Climb every mountain. I don't think the road will ever level off. It wasn't as high up today but a steady up and down over cement roads that were terrible. We are at Rockwell RV Park, not the nicest place we've stayed but it will suffice. Just a mass of RV's with a few trees to help keep it a tiny bit cooler. It was 90 today but there was a nice breeze and no humidity. It is still hot for us but many locals are dressed in jeans and long sleeves, I melted just looking at them. The sun never set until almost 9! We are looking at a couple more places in the 1000 Places to See Before You Die book. Hope to check off a couple more places tomorrow. We will have to live a very long life to see all 1000;-) Figure we have around 950 more to go. Hope to have pictures tomorrow. No Face book here, it isn't allowed, part of the rules so will have to wait until Tue to post there. Closing in on 10--off to bed.

On to Oklahoma

Well it's on to oklahoma city, for a few days, I finally parked next to a man that hasn't been to Alaska ! Even the volunteer park ranger at Hot Springs has been there. Not too many out of state plates at the campgrounds, people are only traveling a few states it seems. So have gotten to be the talk of most sites as the ones from Maine, they lay in wait for us to go for our walk to talk to us . I probably could of got a good price for my 'Patriots logo camp chairs' from the guy next to us, he really liked them he said.. The trailer is hauling pretty nice, I weighed it loaded before we left and it was about 100lbs heavy. so I emptied the fresh water tank, and that took care of that. I've got to give credit to Jo-Ann for her expertise at packing it with all the necessities and keeping it light..We been averaging about 12mpg. on relatively level roads, and trying to keep it at 60mph, seems to work best for mileage and handling. Haven't used any E85 ethanol gas yet,as the price diff. isn't worth the chance of the poor performance I think I would get hauling a trailer. Don't want to take a chance of anything fouling up on this leg to alaska, Will try it on the way home probably..Well that's all for now..here's a few more pics..

Russellville, AR

These last pictures are of the bath house tour we took. The men's side was more elaborate than the women's. There was a gym with machines to work various muscles and an out door patio where the men could sunbath nude and the women could enjoy the air in the shade to preserve their skin. The ceiling over the statue was stain glass, ornate and in the mens side. There were "needle" showers and other scary looking devices we weren't sure what they were or even that we wanted to know what they were for ;-) The water that enters the building is 147 degrees and had to be cooled down to use in the baths. There are still springs outside that you can feel how hot the water is. The water is supposed to be 4,000 years old which is why it is so pure. Very long line to enjoy bath/massage so didn't take advantage it was tempting though.

Russellville, AR

A couple of pictures of our campsite in Hot Springs National Park. Had full hook ups and was only $10 a night! A real bargain. The others will be of the view from the observation tower.