When we got up we had breakfast, quiche, which were delicious and creme brulee with out the brulee, but with blueberries instead, but they were also good. After breakfast we packed up. Our room was a French themed room with various knick-knacks, that were pretty cool.
This was just a cool fan in our room that was made of feathers.
We were just about to leave and then the lady owner remembered that she told Eric that he could feed the fish. So everyone else that stayed there that night came out and watched him feed the fish. So this is the video of Eric feeding the fish. You can see them coming out sometimes
This fish was my favorite. Her name is Ms Piggy. The lady said this one was worth $1800!
These are just some cool trees that were in the yard.
Around Amarillo there were a whole bunch of horses that were painted with different themes, but we didn't have enough time to go see/take pictures of them all. This was the only that we got because it was on the way out of Amarillo.
On the way to to Houston we ended up going out of Texas, into Oklahoma, and then back into Texas. On our way, we were going to bypass Oklahoma City by a few miles but then we decided to take a small detour through it and see the memorial from the bombing in 1995. This was one of the entrances into the memorial. On the other side at the top it say 9:03 and then on the other entrance it says 9:01. The bombing happened at 9:02am and the two other times symbolizes the time the bombing happened.
This little part is for the children that perished. The colorful wall is many different colored tiles that were made by children from all over the U.S. By the fence there was a container of chalk where people could use it to draw whatever they wanted. We drew our names and where we were from. It was a pretty cool section.
This building was on that was right across the street from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which was the one that got bombed. If you look close you can see the jagged edge on the top from the explosion. Also, most of the windows got knocked out from the bomb so instead of putting in new windows/glass they filled the holes with black bricks. You can also see part of the fire escape that fell off because of it. On the second picture you can see the words that one of the workers painted on the wall after the bombing.
This next picture explains the picture after it better than I could.
This is just a cool picture of the reflecting pool, in between the two gates.
As we were walking around the memorial there was this park ranger/tour guide person who was saying that if you put your hands in the water and then put them on the wall for 3 seconds the chemicals from your hands and the water mixing together does something to the wall and changes colors. So he said it's kind of like you leaving a piece of yourself behind. And he said to remember where you put your hands so you can bring your kids and they can do the same also. It was kind of neat. We put our hand prints on the wall that you can see in the upper picture and obviously the one below.
The two walls are part of the original Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and the two rectangles are the names of the survivors from the building and the surrounding buildings.
These chairs are from the victims of the bombing. On the front of each glass box is the name of each of the victims.
This wall was across the street from where we parked. It's one of the walls that they left up after they were finished with the memorial that people have placed tokens to remember the people lost.
The memorial was an amazing experience. One that I will never forget. A couple of times when I was walking around I almost started to cry because it was both sad but an amazing feeling seeing the memorial. This is our picture of us or rather the sign when we are coming back into Texas. We didn't get to Houston until about 9:30ish that night. We could have gotten there earlier, but I am glad that we went to the memorial instead, way worth it.
After the temple we went and ate at this Mexican restaurant called Chuy's. It was pretty good. After eating me and Eric went shopping for some Texas souvenirs. After shopping we just came home and hung out one last time before our long journey home.
These next couple of the big buildings in Houston across from the Toyota Center. The shiny triangle one in the second picture is where Caleb works.
This is the end of the 4th day, so far so good.
We were just about to leave and then the lady owner remembered that she told Eric that he could feed the fish. So everyone else that stayed there that night came out and watched him feed the fish. So this is the video of Eric feeding the fish. You can see them coming out sometimes
This building was on that was right across the street from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which was the one that got bombed. If you look close you can see the jagged edge on the top from the explosion. Also, most of the windows got knocked out from the bomb so instead of putting in new windows/glass they filled the holes with black bricks. You can also see part of the fire escape that fell off because of it. On the second picture you can see the words that one of the workers painted on the wall after the bombing.
