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We're in HOT Oklahoma City and everything is......OK!

We made a stop at the Oklahoma Federal Building Memorial. 

(www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org)

Tragic what happened.....Though this city has really pulled through.

 Downtown Oklahoma has been rebuilt and the red brick district looks great.

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Next: Tulsa, Oklahoma and lunch.
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We took a slight detour because we missed the Kilpatrick turnpike exit.

So quite on accident we will reconnect with the turnpike but not before we go through some beautiful Oklahoma countryside.

Many campers are headed towards Arcadia Lake for the holiday weekend.

What a beautiful Lake......so pristine, clean, clear........great family destination!!

(www.edmondok.com/parks/arcadialake) (www.outdoorsok.com/Oklahoma/Arcadia)

We stopped for gas and a stretch break at a super fun place called Pops. 

 The architecture of this place is amazing and the design is perfectly fun and the concept and convenience is perfect. 

The marketing idea is pop; as in soda pop. 

They carry thousands of brands of bottled soda from all around the world.

Hundreds of regular flavors as well as many uncommon and novelty flavors. 

Fifi chose a grape Uva Uva from El Salvador
Sweetheart chose a Key Lime House brand
 Cookie chose a Coconut flavor from the Caribbean
and
 Bam chose two sodas(one to drink and one for fun)
One House Root beer and a novelty soda labeled dog drool flavor.
(Eewww)

He dares not popped that one!

 I had a southern dutch Sarsaparilla soda which was more fun to say than to drink. 

(www.route66.com)

"are we there yet?"

We're having fun driving on Route 66.....
talking
laughing
singing

Its time to make a stop...... we're in Amarillo, Texas and the Don Harrington Discovery Center is a perfect place to get out.
We love the Discovery center!!

Its one of our favorite locations in Amarillo, TEXAS.
(www.dhdc.org)

Love it!

Afterward we worked up quite an appetite so we lunched at the
 Big Texan.
Mmmmm.....
(www.bigtexan.com)

We rode the free limo to and from the restaurant.
The kids loved IT.......especially since the limo had bull horns on the hood!!!

We were thrilled and amused by the driver, he told us some great stories about the town......he gave us a real insight about the area.

Oh I wish I had my camera.....
I CAN'T FIND IT!!
WHERE DID I PUT IT??

Oh GEEEZ....I think I left it at home!!

I remember earlier........I saw a roadrunner in our backyard on the swing set as we were packing up the van.

I thought I'd snapping a few shots of that silly guy.
It was funny at the time----

Hmmmm.......

Wonder what the roadrunner is taking pictures of at home!!!