Oklahoma Aquarium, Jenks (near Tulsa)

by Roger Due [2-12-2023]. Scroll down for the gallery of photos. On Sunday afternoon I visited the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks, which is only an 18 minute drive from home & SW of Tulsa. I don’t know how they cornered the name “Oklahoma Aquarius”, because there are other aquariums in Oklahoma. Take a look at…

Har-Ber Village Museum Annual Pioneer Days 2022

by Roger Due [9-25-2022]. Scroll down for the photos. On Sunday, 9/25/2022, I drove about 2 hours to the Har-Ber Village Museum (4404 W 20th St, Grove, OK 74344) 10th Annual Pioneer Days Festival. There are about 100 exhibits on 6 acres representing from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s. There is a lot more…

Tulsa State Fair, October 2022

by Roger Due [10-5-2022]. Scroll down for more photos & videos. The Tulsa State Fair was held from September 29th through October 9th. I went on Wednesday  afternoon & evening. I was especially interested in the “Night of Champions”, since I grew up on a dairy farm in southern Indiana and often showed cattle &…

Rhema Lights, Broken Arrow, OK

by Roger Due [12-15-2022]. Continue scrolling down for more photos. Boasting over two million Christmas lights in Oklahoma, Rhema Bible Church in Broken Arrow is something you have to see to believe. What started out almost 40 years ago with a few modest Christmas decorations has now grown into one of the largest Christmas displays…

A Few Tulsa Area Christmas Decorations

by Roger Due [12-17-2022]. Continue scrolling down for more photos. On Saturday evening I explored several areas around Tulsa looking for a few Christmas decorations. There are certainly a lot more than what I’m showing here. I live in Bixby, so started there. The above house is close to the Bixby Historical Society. The Historical…

Wagoner Bluegrass & Chili Festival

by Roger Due [9-10-2022]. Continue scrolling down for more photos. One of the reasons I moved to the Tulsa area was that it provided a lot of new things for me to explore. It was a beautiful & hot day when I drove to Wagoner. Although I was interested in the music & chili contest,…

Tulsa Botanic Garden

by Roger Due [10-8-2022]. Continue scrolling down for more photos & videos. I enjoyed about 4 hours exploring the Tulsa Botanic Garden on Saturday afternoon & even got to watch a beautiful wedding ceremony at 5pm. Before the wedding began, I chatted with the grandmother & father of the groom and they didn’t see why…

TX Caprock Canyons State Park

by Roger Due [1-1-2022]. Continue scrolling down for more photos. Visiting Caprock Canyons State Park in Texas has been on my list for quite some time. It is 6 hours from Albuquerque & 1.5 hours south of Amarillo. About 300 bison/buffalo roam over 10,000 acres in the park. There didn’t seem to be any lodging…