7-24-17

My alarm went off at 6:30 and we were out the door by 7:50. We stopped at Walmart for lunch and snack items for what was hopefully the last time before we get home then headed over to Cadillac Ranch to leave our spray painted mark. 

We then drove about 3 hours to Washita Battlefield. This was yet another site where peaceful native people were attacked at dawn by US Calvary soldiers, in this instance Custer. Many were killed but there were survivors who told the tale and Custer got what was coming to him at Little Bighorn 8-9 years later. 

After making sandwiches and stopping to fill up on gas and wash the windshield, we drove to Oklahoma City. Our first stop was the memorial. The kids never heard about this before and we explored the plaza but skipped the museum. The ranger on site was really great and answered some questions. Then we headed 2 miles over to the Capitol with 20 minutes left to see the building before it closed. It was actually quite plain and they are doing some renovations so a good bit of artwork was missing. 

We then stopped to eat dinner where my second pair of favorite flip flops broke. My first pair broke back on day 2 or 3 of the trip and I bought a $1 pair from Walmart but had Scott bring my second pair with him. They were both at least two years old but I found a Crocs store nearby and the kids and I stopped in while Scott handled some work calls. An hour south of OklahomaCity is a little town called Paul's Valley and we have stopped her for the night. It's a nice enough hotel but either the AC unit is faulty or the humidity in Oklahoma is really crazy because our room is just as humid as the outside air. It shall be an interesting night of sleeping.