I have wanted to visit Tulsa for such a long time. Finally, Teddy had a short business trip so I accompanied him last fall for a one night stay. It is a small city but I saw some fabulous highlights. Oklahoma is mostly flat prairie, uninteresting to some but the sky goes on forever. Tulsa is unusual because it has hilly terrain. It has been a wealthy city for many years β it is an oil city and on route 66.
I expected people to be friendly and they were, with a little reserve. That might be because we travelled the day after the election in 2016. Everyone was frightened to say anything in case they offend their political viewpoint β we still are, for the most part. You could see that the oil slump had affected some of downtown but it was still resplendent with Art Deco architecture in another boom time and more recently with fantastic modern buildings.
Last year was a strange one for me and my health. The trip was in October and in my head I feel that I have aged hugely, in one year, but when I look at the photograph aboveΒ I can see a glimmer of happiness. It is strange how the mirror rarely reflects the truth.
More lovely photographs to come from Tulsa.
You look beautiful, Kerry. π
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Oh, you are all so sweet!! Have a lovely weekend Margarisa. π
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Just callin’ it the way I see it. π A lovely weekend to you too, Kerry.
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So glad you got your joys of visiting Tulsa.. really a beautiful pleasure from your photos and your passionate descriptions..
And you look so delightful in that photo you..
I really hope you get the chance to revisit for a long stay so you can fully enjoy π the city… and all it has to offer..
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Thank you so much. I would have loved to visit longer, perhaps in the summer. Thank you for your kind compliment – everyone is making me feel good!
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You ought to feel good…
you are so welcome
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Lovely post and pic’s Kerry, and you still look as gorgeous as you always do. π
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Thank you very much, Lynne. For a few months people have been commenting on how unwell I look, so it was getting to my psyche.
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Kerry you look absolutely fabulous as always. π
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Thank you, Anne. What a lovely boost to my confidence.
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The likes of me would know nothing of Tulsa and Oklahoma only for Gene Pitney and Rogers & Hammerstein. On Route 66 too. If I was ever to visit the US again I’d want to do the biker thing along there. Looking forward to seeing more pics Kerry.
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Thank you so much, Roy. My great grandparents are buried at Tucumcari, New Mexico, also on route 66. It’s a great drive.
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Marvelous portrait, Kerry!
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Thank you, Leah. I had just been to ER for my potassium infusion so I was a little weak but okay. I have put on a few pounds recently and it is driving me crazy. π
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I like Tulsa too. One of my sisters lives there, so I visit from time to time.
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I’d like to see more of it. My grandfather was born on the Chickasaw Nation in Purcell, so I think that might be my next destination.
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Beautiful post Kerry – as is you! I love the photo, and do see a happy person. I hope you have a happy weekend. π
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Oh, you are so sweet #1! Thank you and I hope you have a lovely weekend, too.
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I can only think of Gene Pitney and what I honestly think is the most dreadful way EVER to dump a lover. Fortunately, reading your lovely tour and looking at you looking absolutely gorgeous (as you always do, by the way) I can assume that Tulsa has gotten over the humiliation of being only 24 hours away when he did the dirty at some divey diner en route …
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Isn’t it funny how music inspires us. Galveston is not at all how I imagined, nor Tulsa. Thank you, my friend. Have a lovely weekend – the weather is perfect here. It is the one month when you can take the top of your car and not fry or drown. πΈ
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Well β penned ma’am..πππ
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Thank you!
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Yr welcome…π
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Cool to see Route 66 in Oklahoma! It looks so different than where we did our posting from in Victorville California!!
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It looks different in every state. Tucumcari in New Mexico is an interesting stop en route.
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