When my family set out from our home in Ohio to travel parts of Route 66 on our way to California several years ago, I had one goal in mind. To see as many roadside attractions as I could possibly see in two weeks. My children, on the other hand, had a very different goal;…
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Roadside Attraction: Wind Turbine Blade in Weatherford, Oklahoma
Traversing Route 66 offers road trippers their fill of fun, quirky and educational displays as my family discovered on our road trip to California a year ago. Driving near Weatherford, Oklahoma, we spotted a sign along Highway I-40 advertising Heritage Park, a small city park whose focal point was a giant wind turbine blade. Since…
Road Trip to California Day 2: To Texas and Beyond
After a near perfect first day on the road, I went to bed optimistic that our cross country road trip to California would truly become the best trip ever. I should have realized that it was a bit early to be that hopeful. I awoke the next morning to three kids with one thing on their…
Visiting the Oklahoma City National Memorial in Pictures
April 19, 1995. 9:02 a.m. The moment of one of the worst domestic terrorist attacks in the US. The moment that changed Oklahoma City and a nation forever. The moment when a fertilizer bomb went off at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Hundreds of people were injured, and 168 were killed,…
Field Trip Friday: Did you Guess it?
If you have no clue as to what I’m referring to, I’m talking about my challenge from yesterday when I decided to play a Where Am I? game. Did anyone guess? This field trip is a wee bit different because this one was a trip sans children because mommy (that’s me folks) is on a…
