Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, November 17, 2008
Going To California - Day 2 - Emporia To Amarillo
Departure Emporia - 37 degrees and clear
Arrival Amarillo - 73 degrees and clear
Sundown - 5:40 pm
Miles Traveled - 495 miles
States Visited - 3
Major Cities - Wichita, Kansas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Average speed - 63 mph
A Sampling of Gas Prices
$1.95 Wichita
$1.57 Oklahoma City (W00T!)
$1.85 Amarillo, Texas
On April 19, 1995 at 9:02 am domestic terrorists detonated a fertilizer bomb in front of The Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma destroying one third of the building and killing 168 people including 19 children. Two and a half years later in October of 1997 The Oklahoma City National Memorial was established and put under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service. The memorial was dedicated by then-President Clinton on the fifth anniversary of the bombing, April 19th, 2000. I visited the memorial on my way through Oklahoma City today.
See the photos of my visit at this link.
Arrival Amarillo - 73 degrees and clear
Sundown - 5:40 pm
Miles Traveled - 495 miles
States Visited - 3
Major Cities - Wichita, Kansas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Average speed - 63 mph
A Sampling of Gas Prices
$1.95 Wichita
$1.57 Oklahoma City (W00T!)
$1.85 Amarillo, Texas
On April 19, 1995 at 9:02 am domestic terrorists detonated a fertilizer bomb in front of The Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma destroying one third of the building and killing 168 people including 19 children. Two and a half years later in October of 1997 The Oklahoma City National Memorial was established and put under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service. The memorial was dedicated by then-President Clinton on the fifth anniversary of the bombing, April 19th, 2000. I visited the memorial on my way through Oklahoma City today.
See the photos of my visit at this link.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)