John Sailing

It’s my friend John and we’re sailing at Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City. John has a boat here and he likes to sail. At one time I think he had four boats at two different lakes. He likes to sail a lot. 20120304

Me Sailing

Yes, I do go sailing periodically. I’m not very good at it, but it’s not something I try to do on a regular basis. Just every once-in-awhile. 20120304

Make a Wish

Yes, grandchildren can be fun. I’m not sure what he wished for, but whatever it is, it will probably come true. I mean he’s only ten years old. He’s probably not wishing for a new car. Right? 20120324

Bday Jumping

What do you get when you have a birthday and your parents spring for a big toy for a day? You get a lot of friends that come over and want to play on the big toy. 20120324

Hot Hamburger

It’s called a Hot Hamburger and it’s served at Murphy’s Steak House in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I think I started nibbling on my first one about 60 years ago when my aunt took me there. On this occasion I swung by my aunt’s house and picked here up and took her to Murphy’s where we got Murphy’s famous Hot Hamburger. 20120330

Me and Aunt Marie

My aunt has lived in the same house for over 60 years. That’s how long I’ve been going there to see her. She’s actually got pictures of me that are over 60 years old taken at the same location as the picture that you see here. There’s something to be said for memories. 20120330

Camping Fun

It’s John and I camping at the Osage Hills State Park near our hometown. We used to camp there in high school. Today, we can legally drink the beer and get to drink a much better brand than we did in the 60′s. Plus, we get to take hundreds of pictures with our digital cameras. The tents are better. The sleeping bags are better. We don’t have to hide when the ranger comes around and wants to collect camping fees. 20120330

Morning in the Osage Hills

If there is one place that I would call near and dear to my heart, it’s the Osage Hills. 20120331

Moon Glow Hut

When I was a young person, I used to go to Ochelata, Oklahoma to the Moon Glow Hut and try to have a little fun. It was a bar / dancehall where loose women congregated. Or so I thought. This is a picture of it taken in 2012. It had sustained a little fire damage recently. Some cowboy probably got really drunk and pissed off and tried to burn it down. It was something of a rough place. 20120331

More Camping Fun

Yes, we’re still camping. This is taken near Tulsa, Oklahoma. When Oklahoma became a state, there were no lakes in the state. Just some ponds scattered around here and there. Today, there are approximately 55,646 miles of shoreline along Oklahoma’s lakes and ponds, significantly more miles of shoreline than the Atlantic and Gulf coasts combined. Oklahoma has more man-made lakes than any other state, with over one million surface acres of water. God bless the Corps of Engineers. 20120401