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A Roadtrip to OKC

My mom and I had a little road trip on Saturday to Oklahoma City.  Originally we planned on a full Oklahoma weekend road trip to see some sites in OKC and then go up to Pawhuska.  But the exhibit we wanted to see in OKC leaves on October 23rd, and the Pioneer Woman's Mercantile opening date got pushed to October 31st, so we just went to OKC for the day. I got my Mom hooked on AMC's television show "Hell on Wheels" before it's 3rd season.  It's a western of sorts, but centered around the building of the transcontinental railroad.  Like all AMC shows, it's very well done. The series has finished now, and they have a temporary exhibit at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in OKC.  They have several of the character's costumes on display and lots of information about the building of the railroad. Many of the characters were based on real people.  These costumes belonged to the two Railroad men characters in the series...Collins H...

Boston & Maine 2015 {Day Five}

I woke up on Monday with plans to see as much of Boston as possible. It was really raining hard when I left the hotel, so instead of walking to catch public transportation, I hopped right into the nice dry cab that was waiting outside of the hotel.  I had him drive me down to the Harbor area where the Old Town Trolley tours leave from.  It takes a little over 2 hours to make the entire loop, so I decided to do that while it was raining.  I have done Old Town Trolley tours in other cities, and I think it is really good.  You really do get to see a lot from the Trolley, and the tour guides seem pretty knowledgeable.  Once the tour was over, I made my way over the the Legal Sea Foods at the Harbor.  I had a great luch of shrimp, scallops, and a crab cake. Then I set out walking toward Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market.  I missed a turn for FH, so I ended up at the Old State House.  Then as I made my way to FH and Quincy Mark...