Today is Friday, May 2nd. We finally have a good Internet connection so I hope to bring us up to date. After leaving Russellville, Arkansas on Tuesday, we drove through 25 to 30 mile an hour winds with gusts up to 45 mph. We made it to Oklahoma City in spite of the wind. Eastern and Central Oklahoma has the worst roads that I have ever driven on. New Jersey and Pennsylvania highways are excellent compared to I40 through Oklahoma.
We had enough time after arriving in OK City to visit the memorial of the bombing. It is a very sobering museum that follows the events of 4/19/1995. There is a very nice memorial to each person killed on that terrible day. Very moving. There were no pictures allowed in the museum. The pictures in the next post are of the sight where the building stood. The water is where the street was in front of the building. This is where the rented van was parked with the explosives. On one end of the pool you will see 9:01 and on the other 9:03. The bomb exploded at 9:02am. The chairs are in rows representing the people that died on each floor of the building. The smaller chairs represent the children. The second floor is where the nurseries were and where the majority of the children died. Very Sad.
From Oklahoma City we move on to Amarillo Texas.
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Dear Bill and Eileen
I know your blog is for friends and family but I just had to comment. Your pictures and commentary make me feel as though I am looking out of a window
and it's right in front of me. Enjoy the rest of your trip.
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