Springdale to Oklahoma City

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We woke up with the front past us, as we had originally expected. The cold air mass had left everything foggy, though, so we had to wait for the sun to heat everything up before we could leave. The weather people said things should pick up by 10 am, so we headed to the airport around 9 am, prepared the plane and waited for the minimum visibility and ceilings for us to feel comfortable with the route.

Well, the weather guys were optimists. By the time the weather was good enough for us to depart it was past noon and we scrapped our plan to move on to Lubbock, TX, after our stop in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City became our destination for today.

The flight was like most of our flights have been since we left Kansas during our trek east: clouds keeping us flying low and bumpy. We started at 2800 ft, but the weather improved as we flew: by the time we were around Tulsa we were flying at 3200 ft, and soon after the sky magically cleared and we were able to climb to 4500 ft for the rest of the trip.

After landing at Wiley Post airport we did the usual arrangements, got ourselves a car and were off to explore Oklahoma City. For us this consisted of visiting the Oklahoma City National Memorial, a tribute to the victims of the '95 bombing. Built on the site of the original building it is very nice, very well kept and just a pleasant place to be in and reflect. This is what Sharon and I looked like when we visited the place:


The only other thing we visited in Oklahoma City was Bricktown, a very nice looking restaurant and shopping quarter. Unfortunately, parking was impossible so were not able to stop and stroll through the area. From the car, it looked like this:


Dinner was Mexican food and now we are back in the hotel, getting ready for bed. Tomorrow, we cross Texas!