Wichita Mountains pt.2

Our next stop was at Meers. About 11 miles west of Apache, we stopped to look at the Blue Canyon Wind Farm. This had been built since the last time I was down that way. There are 45 towers powering 20,000 homes. You can also see the farm from the top of Mount Scott looking North. I don't know how I feel about the impact on the landscape, but I do like having digital cameras and the Internet and so forth so I guess it is a trade off. You don't get nothin' for free.

This is the barn at the intersection of State Highway 58 and Porter Hill Road, the road leading to Meers from the highway. There is also a shot of Mount Scott to the right of the barn.

Here is a panoramic view of the Wichita Mountains about half way down Porter Hill Road. I stitched this from 3 shots in Windows Live Photo Gallery. There is also a close up of Mount Sheridan.

Finally, here is Meers, home of the best hamburger in Oklahoma. I ate a Meersburger and Onion Rings. These Meersburgers are 7 inches in diameter and made from fresh ground Oklahoma Longhorn cattle. Man are they good. They are so big they are cut into 4 pieces. I always stop off and eat here when I can. For more information on Meers visit http://www.meersstore.com/.

Wichita Mountains pt. 1

Our first stop on our way to the Wichita Mountains was at Buzzard's Roost, a small rocky knoll near Cement, OK.

It is rumored that Buzzard's Roost was a hide out for the James Gang back when the area was considered to be 'No Man's Land' before Oklahoma Statehood in 1907. Now there are several oil and natural gas wells in the area. The landscape is littered with abandoned and operational well sites.

Buzzard's Roost is located just south of US 277 about 3 miles east of Cement. Cement was started as a gypsum mining town and still ships gypsum board. In the 1920's oil was discovered in the area and there was a brief oil boom. Cement is now a retirement community.

My mother grew up in Cement and I have several relatives living in the area.

A Journey to Bethlehem

I wanted to go to A Journey to Bethlehem tomorrow but I just found it is already over.  What a bummer.  Sissy didn't feel like going out so I just hung around town.  I guess it is a good thing.  Maybe we can go down to the Wichita Mountains tomorrow.  Not much happening today anyways.  I had a few new adds on Facebook and one on MySpace so I guess that is all going well.  I made alot of headway at making my Computer Questions searchable this morning.  I made a page for each question and a sitemap and submitted it to Google so hopefully a user can do a search before it all gets to big.  Just another boring day...

Here is our Christmas Tree, laden with gifts.  Such a bright and beautiful sight.  I just got a 10 Megapixel camera from Wallyworld so I don't have to wait on photos anymore.  This is gonna be the best Christmas ever.  Next year it's all back to what it was.  No more settlements.

Tarahumara's

I am so hungry.  We are about to go eat at Tarahumara's.  I hope there isn't a long line tonight.  It is another one of those restaurants that is worth the wait.

Speaking of waits, our Wal-Mart no longer does the 1 hour photo lab thing.  I will have to wait until Monday to get my pictures of the Festival of Light back.  What a bummer.  When I get them back I will post them up here.  I ordered the CD so I don't have to scan them.  I can just pop it in the drive and go.

I had a lazy day today.  I played guitar all morning then took a nap.  Sissy got home about the time I was ready to get up and took a nap so I took another nap.  What a lazy day.

Anyways, thats about it for now.

Facebook

I just set up an account on Facebook. Afterwards I found out there is a virus floating around Facebook.

However, I did find alot of old friends from High School and found out my Elementary School has its own group.

I put the instructions up for avoiding the virus so I think I will be alright. I don't want a virus on this laptop because I hook it up to my recording equipment from time to time.

Festival of Light pt.2

We went to the Festival of Light in Chickasha last night. It cost $1.75 in toll to get down there from Norman.

Then we ate at Jakes Rib. We only had to wait 30 minutes which isn't bad for a Sunday night. The meal was wonderful. The place hasn't changed a bit from how I remembered it. The ribs were huge. The girls had stakes and said they were tender and juicy. Kristen didn't believe me when I told her how big a plate of curly fries are and she was shocked. The meal cost about $50 for three people.

We snuck in the back way to avoid the traffic and walk around, but the wind and the cold had other ideas. We walked across the bridge and started headin toward the dam, but the wind was so cold even I wussed out. 3 cappucinos at the gift shop cost $6.

We haven't got the film developed so as soon as we do I will post pictures.

The memories of the evening were priceless.

Mr Crowley Gets Snipped

Our tom cat, Mr. Crowley, is about to go to the vet to get neutered. I hope this keeps him safe from the streets. He is such a sweet cat. He hops up in my lap and gives me sugars like a dog. I have never had a cat do that before.

Anyways, we went to the Festival of Light in Chickasha last night. It was too cold to walk around so we just viewed it from the pick-up. Kristen was impressed with Jakes Rib. Anyone who sees a plate of their curly fries will never be the same.

Sissy is up and watching the Waltons. John Boy is playing with a Ouija Board.

Thats all for now. I will put some pictures of the Festival of Light up when we get them developed.

Festival of Light

We are about to leave to go to the Festival of Light in Chickasha. The cold front just moved in and it is now freezing outside. This should set the mood and make everything more Christmasy. I would like to eat at Jake's Rib and was just informed that it is OK with everyone.

I found out that several acquaintances of mine are also musicians. I would never had even known. We were talking about slowing down our solos and not shreading anymore.

Someone threw a shoe at Bush in Iraq.

I will write some more when we get back from the festival and let you know how it went.