The Stills Day 4, Tulsa, OK

Today we woke up in Oklahoma City. I took the chance to check out the memorial from the bombing of the federal building in 1995. It was very nice, very serene. There’s a reflecting pool, the original plaza from the building, a museum, bronze chairs representing the victims and a small bell for every child that died. Along the west wall, there were mementos placed by family members. Everything from ID cards to license plates. Pretty heavy.

 

And sadly, that was the only thing there was too see, and I looked. Long and hard, everywhere I could. All over downtown: dead. Tourist zone: dead. Really bleak. So there’s was no love lost when we left to head to Tulsa, although the chicken gumbo from the night before will remain a highlight of this tour.

 

Tulsa seems to be more interesting, but we really didn’t have time to check it out. We got to town, did the show at Cain’s Ballroom, and we’re at the hotel-du-jour. There were some crazy lighting bolts though. Apparently there was an electrical storm that was hovering all around us for most of the night, but thankfully it never made its way to our little corner of town. There was also a tornado watch.

 

Meanwhile in Chicago, my girlfriend got stuck at school because two tornados touched down and there were warnings for more. I got a voicemail from her saying she had to stay at school and there would be arrangements made for them, I tried calling back but haven’t heard since. And today is our 6^th anniversary. Craziness. I might not sleep too well tonight… Hopefully I’ll get a call or be able to get in touch tomorrow as we drive to Albuquerque…