Sunday, December 3, 2006

Day 3: The Journey Continues...

Day 3 started out a little later than expected...only by about 30 minutes or so. After a breakfast of cereal, biscuits and cinnamon buns at the Holiday Inn Express in Shawnne, OK we headed west. We did stop and tour the memorial dedicated to those killed in the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The memorial was quite amazing and well worth a visit to Oklahoma City - we didn't get to tour the museum since it opens at 1:00 PM on Sunday and we didn't want to wait around in 19 degree weather for a couple hours.

We made our way through the pan-handle of Texas going through Amarillo. Texas was a short but eventful trip including a stop at DQ (dairy queen) and warnings for speeding by friendly patrol officers...

New Mexico was a great state introducing 75mph speed limit areas and endless desert views. We stopped for a late lunch to try and find some authentic mexican food; however, the restaurant we were hoping to eat was closed on Sunday (who knew?!?) - and then we found an original Route 66 Diner which closed at 2PM - so we ended up at a Denny's but it was an original Denny's diner and we had the place to ourselves.

We made our way to the edge of Arizona where we could see stunning views of red rock cliffs even in the dark. We are definately looking forward to the views tomorrow and hope to get into Las Vegas by noon - to do a walk through of the house and close at 2. More to come...


The chair statues representing every person (a total of 168) that was killed in the bombing.









There was a lot of personal items left on the fence of the memorial for the victims. There were security badges, children's toys and shoes to name plates.








Ole, Ole, Ole! We arrived in New Mexico! Where is some Tex Mex?









It was a nice time arrival in Arizona but we made it nonetheless.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi guys- nice to follow your trip- hope the closing goes well and make sure to send me your address ASAP so i can send out the christmas card-
hugs to all
also this is mikes acct so thats why his name shows up- too lazy tostart my own right now- very jealous of the biscuits and gravy!!!! haven't had any since madison last year!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Looks like you guys had a great time on the trip. I hope all goes well with the house, looking forward to seeing pictures!

Anonymous said...

Good luck and best wishes.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing. My best always