Saturday, April 30, 2011

Friday, April 29, 2011

Indiana Pitstop

Yesterday was a day in the car with no significant stops. We drove across central Missouri and Illinois.






Steve went to Indianapolis International airport and had a bagel from Shapiro's before boarding his flight.







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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Haunted Hotels and Sites from Beyond the Rainbow

 Downtown Oklahoma City.

First opened in
From Wikipedia:    1911, the Skirvin Hotel contained 224 rooms in a ten-story two-winged tower. A third 12-story wing was added in 1925, and then in 1929–30 all three wings were leveled off to 14 floors with a total of 525 rooms.[3] The hotel is named for its founder, William Balser "Bill" Skirvin, whose daughter, Perle Mesta, became the ambassador to Luxembourg under Harry Truman.[1] The hotel closed down in 1988 and sat abandoned for the next 19 years. In 2007, it was renovated and re-opened as part of the Hilton chain of hotels.Rumours of a haunting in the hotel persist, and have even been cited by NBA teams, notably in 2010 when the New York Knicks famously blamed their loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on the haunting and when the Chicago Bulls reported doors slamming shut on their own and strange sounds outside their rooms. [4][5][6]
As the story goes, the hotel's original owner, W. B. Skirvin, had an affair with a maid, which led to a pregnancy. To protect his reputation and avoid a scandal, Skirvin locked the maid on the 10th floor. The maid became depressed and even after the birth of her child, she was still not let out of her room. She eventually jumped out a window killing herself and the baby, without notice in newspapers. The maid was apparently a woman of loose morals and many men who have stayed in the hotel have reported being propositioned by a female voice while alone in their rooms.[7] Others claim to have seen the figure of a naked woman with them while taking a shower.[8] One man even claimed he was sexually assaulted by an invisible entity during his stay.[9][4] Over the years, Hotel staff say they have seen objects moving by themselves and have heard strange noises at night.[10]

The Denver Nuggets were staying in the hotel on the night we were there.  So were several members of the ESPN news crew.  It was quite an interesting hotel.  The rooms were updated and modern, but a little small.  Definitely a cool place to stay.

 







 Somewhere over the rainbow?  I was just hoping for some red shoes to go with Steve's red hat.

 Kansas Wheat

Steve didn't make it into this photo.  We'll try to catch him with a MO sign tomorrow
 Kansas City BBQ at Smokehouse BBQ


Fountain at Embassy Suites by the KC Airport

Dessert at Coldstone Creamery!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Last Day at 10711- Texas in My Rear View Mirror

Getting ready to compound

Get all your supplies

and then put Fred to work!

 Hide on the Fast Rack

 and under the magnifying glass.

 Pal around with Lorri and Stacie (the gnome gifter!)


 Oh and watch out for the Butt Rockets!

 Safely on the script scanner

 Gotta call KPD.  It just isn't a day in Special K without some sort of trouble.  Stupid script forging idiots!

Jean looks so relaxed.  She must be taking acting lessons!

 and KC is doing her PPLs in the clinical room

Sheri rings out my last purchase at 10711

 and a free smile to go!


Good bye friends at Walgreens 10711.  I will miss working with all of you!  :)

 Made it to Oklahoma where the winds come sweeping down the plains!  

 Whataburger for a quick bite to eat!

Destination hotel room

at the Hilton Skirvin in downtown Oklahoma City.  Goodnight!  

Monday, April 25, 2011

Last Full Day in Texas

Leaving the Great Wolf Lodge

Helping get everyone in the car.

Reliving the water slides

 Lunch

Found an old motorcycle

 and mugged with Mommy and Ian

enjoyed a kids' plate that was big enough to feed an adult

Stopped for a snack

 and got a sample

 at Collin Street Bakery 

 Ian showed me the cookie choices

and I had a huge bite of praline


 and washed it down

with a big gulp of Big Red!

 On to dinner at Logan's after turning in our keys to the house and checking into the hotel.