Woke up to a beautiful morning in Oklahoma City. We really enjoyed our night in the Hotel Skirvin. It was a beautiful hotel and our room was great. Check out these pictures:
Beautiful. Just wished we could have enjoyed it more. We didn't have any visitors to our room at the Skirvin...or, if we did we were too tired to hear or see them! And no, JoJo...no RED EYES in our room! :) I wish we had something to share from staying in a haunted hotel, but like I said...we were so tired, that if something did happen in the room, we never would have heard or seen it!
We got on the road fairly early, but not before we stopped to see a couple of things in the city. We drove over to the memorial sight of the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing. Right there in the heart of downtown, where the federal building use to stand. It was a beautiful, cool morning...a perfect time of day to see the memorial.
Each chair represents a life lost in the bombing. A sobering reminder, but a beautiful monument.
On a lighter note, we found that Oklahoma has another claim to fame:
That's right. Miss America, baby. 3 Miss America Pageant winners come from this lil' ol' state. Who knew?
After that we jumped back on the road again, and pretty much didn't stop until we hit Tennessee. Not much to stop and look at through the rest of Oklahoma and Arkansas, except cows. Lots of cows. Everywhere. Really. I don't remember the last time I saw so many cows.
I have to say though, I was surprised by how beautiful Arkansas was. Besides cows, there were lots of trees and rolling hills. Very picturesque.
Once we made it over the Mississippi river, we were in Memphis. We found our hotel - the Heartbreak Hotel. Right across the street from Graceland! Check out this pic:
A heart-shaped pool! Where's my bathing suit?
After a yummy dinner at Marlowe's Ribs (and a picture of the "hogmobile"),
we are relaxing at the Heartbreak Hotel. Tomorrow we will pay our respects to the King at Graceland, then it will be off to Viriginia.
Until then...
~TT
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