WICHITA KS

We traveled to Wichita KS this weekend for lunch in the "Old Town" section. Photos include:

Row 1: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium

Row 2: Wichita State University's Eck Stadium and Cessna Stadium

Row 3: Wichita State University's Koch Arena and Sedgwick County's new Intrust Arena

Row 4: sculpture on campus of WSU and Bill Koch's America3 boat "Jayhawk"

Row 5: bad weather on I-35 near Perry OK

PERRY OK

Perry OK is the county seat of Noble County in central Oklahoma, 60 miles north of Oklahoma City and just east of I-35. Perry was established after the great land run of 1893.

Photos include the county courthouse, former Santa Fe Railway depot, Sinclair gas station and Daniels Field, home of the Perry Maroons high school football team.

Convicted Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building bomber Timothy McVeigh was originally arrested in Noble County and held in the courthouse jail before being linked to the bombing. He was then led from the courthouse and transported to Oklahoma City.

HAMBURGER FESTIVAL - EL RENO OK

Today, we went to the 20th annual Onion Fried Burger Day or Hamburger Festival in El Reno, OK, about 30 minutes west of Oklahoma City. George Motz of "Hamburger America" fame was in El Reno this year autographing his book, which had recently been released. He even has a Blogspot blog!

G W C

Today would have been my father's 81st birthday. In 1986, I won tickets to the MLB All Star Game at the Astrodome in Houston TX. We went to the team hotel before the game and got lots of autographs, including Lefty Gomez. Here are photographs of Dad outside the Dome before the game and the roof of the Dome from the inside.

"THE SPIRIT OF THIS CITY"

Thirteen years ago today, at 9:02 a.m. . . .

POPS - ARCADIA OK

Pops is a fun restaurant and gas station on Route 66 in Arcadia OK. Pops stocks over 400 different kinds of soda pop.

ARCADIA OK

Arcadia OK is home of the famous "round barn" on old Route 66.