Oklahoma City

Oct 28-30, 2011
UA3449 YYZ-DEN, UA377 DEN-OKC, UA391 OKC-DEN, AC1038 DEN-YYZ

My quest to complete my 50 states brought me to Oklahoma and number 49.  When deciding to go to Oklahoma we had to choose between Tulsa and Oklahoma City.  In the end we chose the best flight options and decided that Oklahoma City was the most convenient and economical option and were pleasantly surprised.  The city itself seemed quite livable, and Bricktown was a cool collection of restaurants, shops and walkways along a manmade river.  The name Oklahoma City is also synonymous with the Timothy McVeigh bombing, and the bombing site and museum were both very powerful and were an important part of the trip. 

Oct 28-29
Evening flight to OKC spend Saturday exploring the city

Memorial to Oklahoma City bombing in the footprint of the Murrah Federal Building

As part of the memorial each chair represents one of the 168 who died April 19, 1995

The position of each chair aligns with the floor and position of the victims

After touring the interesting museum we walk by the remaining memorial fence

The Bricktown development river rock of shops and restaurants

Although we didn’t ride the boat, we did enjoy a nice walk along the river

For lunch we enjoyed a brew and some good food in Bricktown

Oct 30
Breakfast then flight home to Toronto