Urban Adventurer

Today, we traded our muddy edged pants that we wear to the pasture for our town clothes and pretended we were city people.

A month ago, we promised Bell that we would take a vacation over this break, but budgets and jobs conspired against us.  We still hope to at least go on an over night in the next month or so, but for today we went to Bricktown.  Bell had never really been in downtown OKC before and I think she enjoyed the different sights.  She particularly liked crosswalks.

Our primary destination was Pumpkinville at the Myriad Gardens.  In hindsight, it was really meant for kids a bit younger, but she really enjoyed herself.  She made a salt dough pumpkin, decorated a real pumpkin, took a turn at a cider press . . . and fell down a slide and face planted.  Blood.  Lots of blood.  But she rebounded quickly and had more fun.

We explored the Oklahoma Land Run Monument then walked along the canal and grabbed lunch. We then headed back to the Gardens and went in the Crystal Bridge.  That is one of our favorite places.  I remember trips there forever ago when it was just the two of us.  It was probably the second place Jack ever took me back in our college days.  Today was Bell's first time and she was enchanted.  She staked out a spot on a bridge over the fishy stream and under the hanging vines.  It was her "thinking" spot and we old people were not welcome.  So she mediated with the coy and we relaxed in the sun.  It was pleasure for us to watch her enjoy something we loved.  We are thinking we probably need to get a membership.

We ended on a sweet note.  Our car was parked at Bass Pro so on our way back to the car, we made a detour at Pinkitzel.  Bell had a beautiful cupcake and we called it a beautiful day.