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| Might be something of interest for him here. I've heard people of all ages love this place. I've never been. http://www.sciencemuseumok.org/ |
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Location: Missouri | Thanks! I will show him! We finally made it..an eight hour trip took ten because of the roads, but we had no problems. Saw some pretty nasty wrecks. Prayers to those involved. Some looked wicked. Wow definitely slick. .advantage of living in north Missouri - we are used to it!
So far I've kissed the ground so glad to be off the roads and checked into tonight's hotel. The place and people are so nice. Cam wanted seafood so we are at Trappers. Neat place. Just had alligator for appetizer!
Thanks for the ideas all. We will have the morning and afternoon to see a little of the sights before the game. |
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Location: Adopt a homeless pet - www.petfinder.com! | dianea - 2013-12-21 9:01 PM Thanks! I will show him! We finally made it..an eight hour trip took ten because of the roads, but we had no problems. Saw some pretty nasty wrecks. Prayers to those involved. Some looked wicked. Wow definitely slick. .advantage of living in north Missouri - we are used to it! So far I've kissed the ground so glad to be off the roads and checked into tonight's hotel. The place and people are so nice. Cam wanted seafood so we are at Trappers. Neat place. Just had alligator for appetizer! Thanks for the ideas all. We will have the morning and afternoon to see a little of the sights before the game.
Yum, Trappers! Glad you made it. Have a great time!
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Location: Okla | Snow tubing downtown at the Redhawks stadium. Bricktown canal is great after dark. The canal has lots of lights and cool bronze statues that are lit up. Boat rides down the canal aren't expensive and it's sooo nice. |
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| Did you make it home okay? The weather was horrible here! |
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Location: Missouri | We just made it home..to a minus 12 degrees and 7" of snow! Left OKC this morning, headed to Stilwell to see a friend with Stage 4 cancer. Might not get that opportunity again. Hit some snow at Siloam Springs and went through it to Springdale up to the Missouri line. More wrecks and delays, but we arrived safely home to very grateful dogs. They were not amused with our being gone!
OKC was completely fabulous. Love LOVE it! We explored Sunday morning..surprised everything closed til noon! Walked Ground Zero memorial and got the lay of the town. Went to Stockyards..Jillian and I were in heaven with all the shops! I told Cam we had time for one museum etc. He chose the Museum of Osteology. Kids loved it! And very reasonable. Then checked into our hotel for Saturday night. I booked it because of the Hummer shuttle to the game.
There was a snafu with the driver being on time. We wound up making a Nascar style trip up Reno in our vehicle so that Cam could get there during warm up to try for autographs. I slowed at the corner, shoved his ticket at him, and told him to tuck and roll. Kidding..complete stop at corner, but did send him in while we found parking. He got an autograph! Game was awesome..he is a fan of both teams. Thunder put his name on the jumbo tron birthday wishes. After the game both kids got to go on court to shoot a free throw! After we went back to the hotel for my purse and ID..didn't have cause THOUGHT taking shuttle. Back to Bricktown. Almost did the tubing without the tube..pretty slick! Beautiful lights! We were going to eat at Toby Keith's but it was closed, so Denny's on Meridian. I can find my way around there fairly well now!
After kids were in bed, I went to address the shuttle issue with hotel management. Didn't have time before the game and was too upset to be rational. I didn't have y'alls phone numbers for bail money. They knew I was almost postal..had it reserved for over a month and knew was part of bday trip, plus had confirmed hour before. They bent over backwards apologizing and had already comped our room. Very very nice people.
Long and I apologize. My son said was best weekend ever. We had sooo much fun..weather aside. Made a lot of memories! They can't wait to go again. Me too. Again..thank you for the fabulous suggestions and weather warnings. Perfect 16th birthday weekend! |
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Location: Missouri | tripleE - 2013-12-22 9:57 AM
Snow tubing downtown at the Redhawks stadium. Bricktown canal is great after dark. The canal has lots of lights and cool bronze statues that are lit up. Boat rides down the canal aren't expensive and it's sooo nice.
The canal was beautiful. They weren't doing boat rides because of the season but we slid around it some..walked a bit of Bricktown but froze out. We had so much fun! Definitely planning on going back. Even I loved the game. Going to pick a warmer time! So many options for things to do. Kids were ready to pack, load the dogs and horses and move there! Thanks for the ideas! |
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Location: Missouri | One more thing! Shout out to everyone in OKC. Even kids commented how NICE everyone there was. From people at hotels to wait staff, store clerks, Thunder arena..not a single person was anything but friendly. Especially the hotels and restaurants..staff at ALL were fabulous.
We stayed at two hotels..both had mixed reviews online. We were so impressed with both (and they were cheap by most standards). Both rooms fabulous! Lol whoever nitpicked online either caught on bad day or never experienced true low budget motels.
We give Oklahoma City a five star rating for being friendly and welcoming! It's huge to us but you sure didn't feel like in the CITY. |
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Location: oklahoma | Glad you had a great time! Thunder games are a blast!  |
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| Awesome! So glad you had a good time! We go at least once a year to shop and eat! I love it there too! |
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