Oklahoma City

I love to travel, and if I were financially able would do a lot more.  I would love to travel the world....to see other countries.  I would also love to just throw a bag in my car and hit the road,  traveling around the United States.  I have been very lucky to have had the opportunity to do a lot of traveling so far in my life...I've seen Mount Rushmore....the Grand Canyon....have driven on the famous Route 66....visited the Alamo...climbed the stairs of the Statue of Liberty.....I've been to the top of the World Trade Center.

One site I was very lucky to visit was the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial.  The tragedy of the bombing is enough to bring one's emotions to the surface, knowing there had been a daycare located in the building made me sad, but the memorial is so somber...so well done that when you enter the grounds you automatically begin to whisper..one of those places ya know????

There are many aspects of the memorial, but a few really touched me, such as the gates at either end of the grounds.  Two gates....on the top of the entrance gate only says "9:01"....when the bomb went off....and the gate located at the other end of the site only says "9:03", the length explosion, the 3 minutes that changed so many lives forever.  There are chairs set up...one dedicated to each of the people killed in the explosion, but as you walk among them, you notice there are smaller chairs, each one dedicated to a child from the daycare. 

I know Oklahoma City isn't exactly a destination city, but if you are ever in the area, please plan to visit the memorial, it is something that will forever stay with you. I have only mentioned a small part of the memorial....there is a museum, and several other areas to visit.