Vicki's 2014 Visit - Part 3

On Monday, after the speed bump in Oklahoma City, we drove to Tulsa.  I have a Garmin for my car but probably since I've not connected it to my iMac in two or three years, it's not really up to date.  So, Darling Siri guided us to our stop for the night - The Best Western in Tulsa.  We grabbed dinner at Ruby Tuesday which was right next door, and retired early.

We left Tulsa early-ish on Tuesday, and stopped for a few photo ops along the way to Little Rock.

Vicki's proof we were in Broken Arrow, OK

 On the way to Muskogee, we spied a sign that noted a WWII museum and after a few wrong turns wandered through an industrial area at the end of which was a CLOSED WWII museum.  The USS Batfish is stored there on the Arkansas River [not the Red River as someone mentioned].  Since the museum was closed and we had no access to the USS Batfish, there's no photo of it.  Instead, . . .

A tank and truck.

 We'd read that there were several antique malls in and around Muskogee, as well as an Indian Museum.  We were told the antique malls are only open Wednesday through Sunday so another speed bump.  We did, however, find the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and spent some time being entertained and guided by Ron Borren, a musicologist and 7th generation Texan who moved to Oklahoma when he was a kid.

Here's the "dance hall" where performances are held and t-shirts are sold.  Yes, that's Vicki buying a couple of t-shirts.

After a quick stop at Braum's for a cone, we headed to Little Rock.  We toured the River Market and were told by a couple of folks that it was Spring Break and we might not find a hotel / motel.  We did a little shopping and touring, of course, but nothing noteworthy.  Since we'd been sitting a lot, we needed to get in some much-needed exercise.

At one point, a panhandler aggressively crossed the street to try to get to us, but when he saw that we picked up the pace, he went back to the other side of the street.

We decided to head westward about 30 miles to find another Best Western, which we did - and it was pretty close to an Applebee's so we chowed down there.

Along the way, we saw some spectacular puffy white trees and when we got home, I did a little research.  They were either Dogwood [but I'm familiar with them and they aren't very puffy] or Crape Trees.  In any case, they were beautiful and in some areas there were Redbuds nearby and the scene was remarkable.

Our trip home was uneventful [thankfully] with just a spritz or two of rain.

On Thursday, we hit a few "antique" places in and around Old Downtown Plano where I got two more mirrors.  High Street in Plano is a definite do again.

On Friday, we went to Fort Worth to the Montgomery Street Antique Mall which has 61,000 square feet of merchandise.  I got a mirror there, but the prices were much higher than in Plano.  We met a lovely lady there, Traci Williams, who told us to go to Lula B's two locations in Dallas.  After a little drive around Fort Worth, we had lunch at AF and B [American Food and Beverage].  Grass fed burgers and stupendous fries.  A definite do again.  Fort Worth has changed SO much since I lived there.

On Saturday, we did a little shopping.  Vicki talked to Matt at Lenscrafters as her new glasses didn't seem right.  She's going to have that taken care of when she gets back to New Jersey.  I'd bought a Fossill handbag a few weeks ago that just didn't seem to work for me so I took that back to the Fossill store at Stonebrier and then found another - cheaper - handbag at Macy's - 40% off!!!  Love a bargain.

On Sunday, we went to Lula B's in Deep Ellum and ran into Tracy Williams.  Didn't find anything there so we went to the Lula B's on Riverfront where I found two more mirrors.  The White Elephant is next door and they had some nice things but not what I was looking for.

On another note, we've NOT been to the movies since Vicki got here, but did watch a few films on Amazon Prime - The Descendants and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [which Vicki hadn't seen] and Dallas Buyer's Club and Mud, both of which were very good.   It looks like we might not make it to the theater as our Dance Cards are full for the rest of the week.

So, that's a wrap for now.  Check back soon.