Samantha and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary by spending the weekend in Medicine Park, Oklahoma. This small town is situated near the entrance to the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge in southwest Oklahoma and is known as Oklahoma's first resort town. What started as a surplus Army tent near Medicine Creek grew into a full-fledged … Continue reading Good Medicine
(Part one is available here.) On the morning of Monday, September 30th my mother and I woke and had breakfast at the Globetrotter Lodge in Holbrook, Arizona. Peter Hoeller, the owner, is an excellent host. The small dining room attached to the lobby was full of travelers; each group had a place setting ready for … Continue reading Going West with Mom (Part 2)
We rose early on Monday the 29th and headed east to The Big Easy. Before leaving Lafayette, though, Sam and I had breakfast at an amazing little place called Edie's Express. It's not hyperbole when I say they served the best biscuits I've ever had in my life. If you ever find yourself anywhere NEAR … Continue reading Entering the Crescent City
On Friday, the day after the Halloween party, we did indeed rest. Sleeping in was GLORIOUS! We took our time puttering around the hotel room before we finally decided we'd make use of the coupons we received as part of our travel package and head to Disney Springs, the newly-renamed Downtown Disney shopping center. I … Continue reading Disneymoon – Part Six
Thursday brought another early start, this time at Disney's Hollywood Studios. All week, I had been referring to it as 'MGM' since it originally opened as Disney-MGM Studios in '89, and regardless of how often I corrected myself I kept defaulting back to the old moniker. No matter; it was the same place. Really, for … Continue reading Disneymoon – Part Four
Our second full day at Walt Disney World took place at Epcot - which stands for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, by the way. While riding on the Peoplemover in Tomorrowland, we passed a small model that Walt had designed to outline his original idea for that community, with Epcot being the realization of that dream. As … Continue reading Disneymoon – Part Three
Our first full day at Disney was glorious. Although Magic Kingdom was the park I was least excited about (being full of kids rides and all) it ended up being the biggest surprise. I rode more rides and enjoyed myself more at Magic Kingdom and I did in any of the other parks. The excitement I … Continue reading Disneymoon – Part Two
Saturday, October 10th was a glorious day. Samantha and I were married at the historic Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma with more than 100 of our friends and family there to celebrate the culmination of the last two years of our lives. It was fantastic, amazing, and wonderful. Two days later, Sam and I boarded … Continue reading Disneymoon – Part One
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