Volume 9 , Issue 46

On the Road Again

Ooops!,,,, It was 2:00 a.m. when I pushed the button on my database to publish what I thought was this week's newsletter. BUT... As it turned out, that wasn't so. I think the first earlier mailing you received might have mentioned Vol. 9, Iss. 1. If this ever happens again, remember this link for the OkieLegacy Ezine frontpage and bookmark on your browser.

I'm back in SW Colorado this afternoon (2:00 p.m. MST) and getting ready to correct that first mailing by sending you out the correct Vol. 9, Iss. 46 of The OkieLegacy. What can I say? We can't be perfect all the time, huh? Besides... at 2 a.m. this morning I'm not sure what I was doing -- sleeping? Publishing?

Well! I've been to Guthrie for the Centennial festivities. This NW Okie has been singing "Oklahoma" all day Friday, Nov. 16, 2007. After Guthrie's centennial parade, we headed back to Alva, Oklahoma, in the early afternoon Friday to catch Alva's centennial celebrations.

I went to Guthrie Thursday so I could get up early and find a good parking spot close to everything on November 16, 2007. I really wanted to get some pics of the reenactment of statehood and symbolic marriage of Miss Indian and Mr. Oklahoma Territories.

I got up at 5:00 a.m. Friday morning, but didn't get out of bed until around 6:35 a.m. By 7:30 a.m. I headed to the Historical downtown area in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

I found a great parking spot within 2 blocks of the State Capitol Book building.

It was a chilly, windy Friday morning in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Some weathermen have said the temps were close to what they were 100 years ago. I layered with a down vest over a sweater and then a fleece hooded jacket. From 7:30 am to about 8:45am I did okay, but got to shaking so bad from the Oklahoma wind blowing through to my bones, that I had to find a warm spot to get out of Oklahoma's bone-chillin' wind. AND.... they didn't wait for me to get back to catch the re-enactments around 9:16 to 9:30 a.m. I missed getting pictures of that part. If anyone out there founds out where I can purchase a DVD of the re-enactment of Guthrie's Centennial, send me the information. Thanks!

BUT... by parade time, 11:30am, it had warmed up considerably and I stripped down to the down vest from 11:30 am to about 1:30PM.

This NW Okie made it back to Alva a little after 4:00 p.m. in time to check out Alva's celebrations -- bid on a Western painting, "Shallow Waters", painted by Larry Case and donated to the Cherokee Strip Museum Association. Yes! I won the bid!

It is getting late while we on the road back to the Colorado Rockies. These tired eyes look towards the clock and see that it is way past midnight and no longer Saturday anymore -- but Sunday, November 18, 2007. Before I shutdown and publish this week's issue, let me leave you with one of my favorite quotes from the musical, "Oklahoma" where Aunt Eller sings in the song, "The Farmer & The Cowhand Should Be Friends:" "I don't say I'm no better than anybody else, But I'll be damned if I ain't jist as good!."

Happy 100th Birthday, Oklahoma! We've been to Guthrie, Oklahoma and back to Alva on this Centennial day for Oklahoma -- gathering centennial celebration pictures of our "On the Road Again" travels. Thanks, Oklahoma and Oklahomans, past, present and future, for a GREAT Centennial! I tip my hat to the 1st Capitol of Oklahoma (Guthrie) for their outstanding, hardwork in putting together Oklahoma's Centennial celebration! HAPPY Thanksgiving to all -- next Thursday!   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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