Overnight: Oklahoma City, OK
Today we were supposed to rise early to go to the cattle auction. But, late at night, I decided I wasn't sure what the facilities looked like or what seating accommodations would be like, so I changed the plans and we slept in.
We did want to go to Stockyard City anyway. It's basically an Old Town shopping area. We do like to go in and out of those kind of stores, so we had fun going into tack, saddle, and boot stores. Dave bought a cowhide belt with fur and all and it's studded with turquoise. He's my cowboy!
We ate lunch at the Cattlemen's restaurant, which has been going strong since the 1920s. It was really good and we opted for the small luncheon steak. We've been eating so much, we just didn't want a heavy lunch.
We drove by the stockyards and I was glad we opted not to attend. No seats. Just pens and pens and pens with walking rows between. We did spot some pigs and got a great picture of a sow sitting in the water trough. However, I'll have to upload when I get home, because I took the picture with the regular camera and not my phone (I can't upload camera disk onto this laptop).
We stopped back by the World of Wings Pigeon place and visited with the owner. We had not met him the day before, but he asked us if we were the folks that came by the day before. So, he had heard about us. Isn't it nice to be so famous? Oh, well, back to reality. He showed us around the nesting building, which we did not see the day before. We saw and touched 2-day old chicks, 4-wk old chicks, and 6-wk old chicks. By the time the chicks are 6-weeks old, they are fully grown. I was amazed that the pair of pigeons raising the 4-wk old chick had already laid 2 more eggs. I took pictures, but with my camera. So, I won't be able to upload those until we get home. Check back at some later date, as I will post those pictures when I get home.
We went back to the RV and took naps. I cooked a hearty on-the-road meal---hot dogs. Watched TV and called it an early evening.
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