Old World Wisconsin Visit

Wow.  I can't wait to share what we experienced at Old World Wisconsin.  My wife and I had both been there before but we were both very young at the time.  Things have changed a bit since.  What I was excited about is all the old time wisdom that can be gleened from farmers of old.  It is a great place tovisit and I will share more when we return from vacation.  Right now, I am using another internet connection and I don't want to use all the time.  I will put up some pictures along with some comments then. 

Keep in touch and God bless!

The Last Of The Oklahoma Vacation Pics

These pictures were taken at the Cherokee Nation History Museum. The women you see in this picture are live and they are part of the walking tour through a Cherokee village. THere is also a nice, air conditioned history museum adjacent to the village. It was nice to see how the Cherokee's lived in the 1500's.
The first picture (with the women in it) shows a summer home. This is a picture of a winter home. All families had one of each, fairly close together, used in the mentioned seasons.

These are the pillars that are left from the all Cherokee girl monestary/school that burned in the late 1800's. The fromer sight of the monestary is where the museum now stands.

That is all of the pictures of our trip to Oklahoma that I will bore you with. Trust me when I say that we had an outstanding time and there are many things to see, just in the Tulsa area. There are still many things we didn't get to see, and a couple we would like to see again, when we can actually arrive more than two hours before they close. So, if you're thinking of taking an inexpensive trip to Oklahoma, go for it. It is well worth the drive.

A Few More Pictures of Our Oklahoma Trip

We took a day trip to the city of Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The main street in the down town area is part of the historic "Route 66". A very quaint and pleasant town. We visited the local historical society's museum, just off the square. In it, we learned some neat history of the area and how the town got it's name. Sapulpa was an Indian who became a respected business man and farmer. Although the people called him "chief Sapulpa" he was never really a chief. Look him up sometime on google, his is a fascinating story.

These photos are some of the things to see on the main street. We took some shots of the old time bill boards that were painted on the side of the buildings, "back in the day". Many of them had been restored to their former splendor.

It almost takes you back in time, doesn't it? We get a kick out history, right down to seemingly insignificant things like signs.

"Phone 804", isn't that something? What a neat town. We recomend Sapulpa as one of your stops if you plan on heading out to Oklahoma.

More Pics Of Oklahoma

We took one day to drive up to Kansas to visit the actual "Little House On The Prairie" site. My wife and girls are very big fans of the "Little House" books. While there, we met a fantastic homeschooling family from Ohio. We ended up chatting quite a bit. We were very glad to meet them and found it to be a pleasure talking with them. They were toward the end of a great vacation that followed the wanderings of the Ingalls family-what a trip!

We also took some time to visit the Palomino horse show, held in Tulsa. Both girls love horses and this was a great and free opportunity to get a good look at some splendid horses. The one pictured is competing in the "hunt" class.

This is Abigail and Elisabeth in front of the penguin display at the Tulsa zoo. We spent most of a day there. The penguins represented in the rock are actual size. I was amazed at the size of the Emperor penguin (Middle). They're huge!

This shot is also from the Tulsa zoo, from inside the "Rain Forest" house. We were chatting with a group of people while looking for one of the four sloth the zoo has when this Cuckoo crawled up my back onto my head! You can see it has a cockroach in it's beak. At this point, after the bird had been there for a while and everyone was laughing, I was saying to my lovely wife, Take the picture before this thing poops all over my head, please!

Come back tomorrow for a few more pics. Thanks for stopping by.

Oklahoma Vacation Pictures

We made it back from Oklahoma, safe and sound. Praise God! We had a wonderful week with excelent weather, (with the exception of Tuesday night, which I will explain later), and we had a greatime camping and enjoying family fellowship.









This is a picture of our campsight at Keystone state park, just a bit northwest of Tulsa. You can see Elisabeth coming out of the tent.

Here is a beatuiful sunset at Keystone. Kind of breath taking, isn't it? God paints the earth in beatiful colors.

This is one of the many oil derriks that dot the Oklahoma landscape. Most of the derriks we saw were running. Yet, we depend on foreign oil.

This picture was taken at a place called Woolarock. This is the ranch that belonged to Frank Phillips of Phillips Petroleum turned into a history museum. Very fascinating things to see here, but plan on a full day of it, we arrived just one and one-half hours before they closed, so we were quite rushed. I am standing in awe of the massive Colt 1911 .45 collection. This is just a sample of it, it takes up about 5 cases the size of the one behind me. Awesome!

I will be posting more pictures of interest over the next few days, so stay tuned. Thanks for stopping by.