This photo is the beginning of our visit to the memorial in Oklahoma City where the federal building used to stand. This statue of Jesus is on a corner across the street from the memorial. This is on a church's property and is in reference to the shortest Bible verse, John 11:35 "Jesus wept."
These pictures are grandpa at the memorial, the first is the entrance and the second is a small area that overlooks the park. There is a saying engraved on the wall that ends with "Our deeply rooted faith sustains us."
These are photos of the memorial park. Each chair represents one person who was killed in the bombing. It was a beautiful day for photos but was very very cold with the wind blowing so hard.
The photo on the left is documentation of Grandpa visiting his 50th state!!! I don't know how he made it to Hawaii and Alaska before visiting New Mexico, and he's even been to every state around it. But now he has visited all 50 states and I think that is pretty amazing. The picture on the right is proof that I inherited my need for gossip from my grandfather. Here he is reading an article about Celine Dion horseback riding in Star magazine. Ha.
These three photos are from Tombstone. The one on the left is a silly photo from the Boothill Cemetary. This place is full of graves of people who died in some of the crazy arguments and duels of the day. One of the famous sayings here is "Whatever happens in Tombstone stays in Boothill." The next photo is a horse and buggy tour that tells you about the city and the last one is a quilt show that we found. Grandpa can't get away from the quilts no matter how hard he tries!!!
The photos above are from a drive up Carr Canyon Road to the top of the mountain range that I live on. We're at around 9000 feet here and we packed a lunch, drove up the mountain and enjoyed the view. The road was a bit scary with one lane switchbacks, but it was well worth the trouble to check out the view.
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