We left Little Rock, Arkansas this morning and traveled through Oklahoma in torrential downpours all day. The rain slowed to a slow drizzle while we walked the OK City Memorial. The experience was very touching and I am still in awe of the impact it left. The field of empty chairs was chilling and we walked the fences and saw the many gifts of memorials left by visitors. We swore we could see across the entire state of Texas, nothing but cows and fields for miles and miles. Flat, flat land! The wind fields were incredible and I can't imagine anyone (listen up Delaware) would oppose the gentle turning of the giant windmills. What an incredible source of power! We're trying to acclimate our bodies to the time changes and hope by the time we reach CA we are used to the 3 hour time difference. Tomorrow we drive across New Mexico and stop in Flagstaff, AZ for the night. We're looking forward to seeing the new sights!
The massive windfields
The field of empty chairs. Each chair is in memory of a victim, the 19 children have smaller chairs...overpowering
The Reflection Pool
The gate we walked through to enter the memorial. There is a gate on the other side of the plaza. Three times are marked on the gates. 9:01--the moment before the bombing, 9:02--the time of the bombing and 9:03--when America was changed forever...
2 comments:
I would love to see that memorial. It is fun watching your journey across America to your new home.
Did you get a picture of the "Survivor Tree?" Seeing that tree really moved me; I have some pix if you didn't get any. Did you have time to visit their museum? There is an actual recording of the bombing in the museum; there was a council meeting or something going on in the building next door, and the entire thing was recorded, as were the 911 calls, etc. I agree with you, the memorial is very moving. I had tears running down my cheeks for some of it.
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