"OK......LAHOMA........"

"....where the wind comes sweeping down the plain."

I just returned from 6 days in Wapanucka, Oklahoma. My parents had already been there for about a week. I flew into Dallas on Saturday and my sister and dad met me at the airport. We spent the afternoon on a "daddy-daughter date." We went to lunch and did some shopping in Sherman, TX (the closest, large town to Wapanucka). We made our way back to "Wapy" where I was met with a fabulous welcome that included signs and balloons. (Kind of hard to see in the picture that it says Welcome Trisha).


They have a ranch out there a couple miles away from their house where they raise cattle. They currently have 4 baby calves at their house that they have to bottle feed. (It is a whole different world out there coming from the big city.)

We had lots of fun doing puzzles, playing CLUE, reading books, etc.

One day we took a drive out to see the house that one of Laura's friends just bought. She lives in Stringtown, OK which is where my sister was told Reba McEntire is from (although on wikipedia it says McAlester, OK). I had to have my picture taken by the "Reba McEntire Rd. ) sign. (or maybe I just wanted out of the car to stretch my legs for a minute??)

The last night that we were there we had some pretty exciting weather. There were severe thunderstorm & tornados warnings for many areas close by. The thunder and lightning storms that we had were amazing. The rain coming down in buckets reminded me of the way it rains in Brazil. Fortunately there was not need for us to hunker down in the tornado shelter, but the thunderstorms continued all through the night. On our way to the airport the next morning there were many signs and trees that had been blown over. In fact, a sign for one of the McDonalds restaurants that was off the side of the freeway was missing its "golden arches." The tall sign was still there but the yellow M that was protruding above had been blown off and was on the ground. It even looked like it had taken out a power pole on its way down. I think that I will take my chances with earthquakes! I also prefer the dry heat to the humidity!

It is so fun to visit family, but the little girls were so sad the morning that we were leaving.