Beautiful weekend

You know, I'm enjoying living in Oklahoma more than I thought I would. I knew that I'd find happiness here because that's what I DO. I find happiness where I go... But I'm actually enjoying it, not just making the best of it. I knew I'd struggle with the lack of mountains and water, but save for a few nights of falling deep into self-pity, it's been a non-issue so far. It'll likely pop up here and there, but it's not this heavy burden that I thought it would be.

First off, there is so much to DO here. Just over this past weekend and the weekends coming up are: Car races at the local racetracks, home and garden show, an oddities and curiosities expo, an in-person (fake) murder mystery where you work in teams and run all around Tulsa for clues, America's biggest gun show, and a billion other things I've not even discovered. 

And now, back to the scenery. I've lived most my life where mountains and/or water dominated the landscape. Now, wide open spaces have allowed for a new star to take center stage: The sky. The sky has always been just a thing in the background, but here, it's the focal point. There's no such thing as an ugly sunset in Tulsa. I've been so impressed with how beautiful the sunsets are! Now that storm season is just around the corner, I'm told the skies are going to be even more magnificent and that excites me. Apparently, the sky takes on crazy dramatic looks after a storm rolls out.

We're also slowly poking around at touristy things such as the blue whale on Route 66. This iconic Route 66 stop is about 5 minutes from our house. He's so cool!