Homeward Bound - Day 19

Overnight: Oklahoma City, OK

Today is Easter Sunday and we do miss not being at Arbor Pointe Church for their very fist sunrise service on our new property.

Our sightseeing destination today is the National Cowboy & Western History Museum. We took our time getting up and going, called the kids, had our Easter blessings (to each other), and then headed off to the museum. It's only about 1 mile from our campground. Dave mentioned that the musuem had a snack bar, so we decided to grab a bite of lunch there before we did our looking around.

When we got there, we were asked if we were there for the buffet. Of course, we didn't want to miss an Easter buffet, so we indulged. It was really nice to have something special to celebrate Easter because we were not with our personal or church family.

After filling ourselves to the point of almost not being able to walk, we began our trek around the museum. It was very interesting. Dave really enjoyed the displays of boots, saddles, belt buckles, guns, rodeo stuff (and Dot Edmunds, we thought of you a lot when we looked at the cowgirl exhibits), and Indian artifacts and handmade apparel. But, for me, the best part was the little movie theater presentation that was narrated by Sam Elliott (my favorite cowboy) and showed all the cowboys that played a part in the movies since the Silent Film era. Then, there were displays of all the cowboy film stars. We were most impressed with all that was donated by the John Wayne family for his display. As you can see, Dave and John (Wayne) posed the same for this picture!

They even had an indoor, full-scale display of a western city. It was set up as if it were at night and you were walking the streets of a western settlement. I did step into the dancehall and felt right at home with the "tinny" music that was playing--maybe that speaks volumes?? We spent about 3 hours there--after our meal. The paintings of early pioneers were so elaborate and it just makes me wonder why some folks have so much talent and others don't. Bless those who share with all of the rest of us lowly folks.

Our evening was uneventful--just watching TV, playing on the PC (and, yes, the WiFi booster helps a lot, although it does still cut in and out a fair amount of the time), and playing solitaire. I went to bed at 10 PM and Dave thought I was sick because I checked out so early. He just ran me ragged in the museum--and my boots are "not" made for walkin'!