We finished all the truck work in Kansas, annual maintenance, a new storage box and a solar panel. Our neighbors in Kansas let us use their new truck to relocate our RV, it sure matched the RV nice, but we could not convince them to trade trucks. Off to Oklahoma we went. We spent a couple weeks at an RV park in Claremore that was right next to a Rasino (Oklahoma term for Casino and Horse Racing Track). Lots of wind, dust, and flies at the park, but other than that, it was a nice park. Kim became an expert fly killer with the free fly swatter the RV park gives you. We spent some time watching the horse races and betting on the horses, but turns out, we are not skilled at choosing the right ones to get rich. The park had some very nice storm shelters, fortunately we did not have to use them. There was live music at the casino on the weekends. Kim taught David how to 2-step with a little help from YouTube. We found a place to play pickleball 5 days a week and entered our first pickleball tournament, no medals for Kim and Dave this time. We met some really nice people at pickleball. We are definitely going to track down Keegan and Trelle next time we are in that area, because they are super cool! (Making sure you are actually reading our blog). We took a trip to Muskogee, where David lived when he was in junior high and part of high school. We found his old house, the Arby’s where he worked and stopped for some ice cream at Braums. We tracked down Eddie, who was one of David’s friends from Muskogee. Turns out David’s high school friends, Rick and Terri, from California live in Oologah now, so we had dinner with them one night. We took the motorcycle out for a ride around Lake Oologah and also got a chance to go on a hike around Claremore Lake. There were some interesting birds on the lake that we were not able to identify. We did see the blue whale, which we think must have been better it’s heyday. We found the center of the universe. Who knew it was in Tulsa! We really enjoyed seeing Will Rogers birthplace in Oologah and the Will Rogers Museum in Claremore, which was extremely well done. He sure was an interesting person!

We would like to end this post with a quote…

“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.” ~ Will Rogers