Vacation Day One and Two

It is vacation time again, and we are so excited to get away for a few days! This year we are headed to the Oklahoma City/Tulsa area. We plan to go to the Science Museum Oklahoma, the Oklahoma City Zoo, and the Oklahoma Aquarium. Here is Daniel opening his first surprise bag as we begin our journey. Surprise bags are something Brian's grandma made for Brian and his sister when they took long car trips, and I thought it was such a neat idea that we have continued the tradition.

We stopped to visit Brian's family along the way and then arrived in Oklahoma City late that afternoon. After getting settled in our hotel, we headed out to supper at Pop's, a restaurant and soda shop on historic Route 66. They have over 500 different kinds of glass bottled pop. I had a creamy root beer, Brian had one of the many orange flavors, and Daniel had a blue cream soda. The photo below is of the 66 foot tall soda bottle in LED lights that stands in front of the restaurant.

The next morning we headed to Science Museum Oklahoma. It has a little bit of everything and is very kid-friendly. Daniel particularly enjoyed the gadget tree, the gymnastics exhibit, and the hands-on activities.

Brian trying out a segway for the first time.

Daniel was very proud of himself for climbing this rope ladder!

And the above photo is the last one I will ever take with our trusty Nikon Coolpix camera. I dropped it shortly afterward, which caused the lens to malfunction. Since we couldn't spend the rest of our vacation camera-less, there ensued a two hour detour of our vacation plans. First we went to a camera repair shop only to find it would have to be sent off for repairs. We had done that once before and knew how expensive it would be. So, we decided just to buy a new camera. Unfortunately, Brian and I are not good at spur of the moment purchases, so we spent much time between Wal-Mart and Best Buy picking out a new one. We got it done though, and are very happy with our purchase!

During this evening we also went to the Bricktown area of Oklahoma City. We took a ride through Bricktown on a water taxi, which was very informative and interesting. After eating supper at Spaghetti Warehouse, we went to my new favorite place...Peachwave! If you aren't familiar with Peachwave, it is a self-serve frozen yogurt shop. The walls are lined with spigots of different yogurt flavors. You pick your favorite, fill your cup, and then top it off with goodies from their wide selection of toppings. My favorite yogurt flavor is cheesecake. Delicious! And the best part...they have a dairy-free flavor so Daniel gets to enjoy the whole Peachwave experience like everyone else. I love it! Unfortunately, there are no photos from this leg of our vacation due to the broken camera issue I mentioned above. However, stay tuned for day three which will have lots of photos taken with our brand new camera! And, in case I drop this one, we got a three-year protection plan. Ha!