Oklahoma City Lookin' Mighty Pretty!

We left Oklahoma City about 1 o'clock, after touring the Cowboy Museum.  Of course Gary got in trouble with the security guards for standing on the base around an outdoor statue, maybe they thought he was going to harm it.  We just wanted a good picture.

Next we went to the Oklahoma City National Memorial.  It was a beautiful place where a terrible thing happened.  The funny thing was we spoke to park rangers who were bundled up with only a little bit of their faces showing whereas Gary and I had light jackets on.  One ranger said it was mighty cold out, almost 40 degrees! 

This is what I had held in my mind of that day...

Charles Porter's photograph of firefighter Chris Fields holding the dying infant Baylee Almon won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1996. A similar photo was taken by Lester LaRue.

...now I have other images. 

There were about 6 park rangers patrolling the grounds, and maybe 10 visitors.  The rangers were bundled up and had only a small part of their faces showing - as they explained - it was almost 40 degrees and they were very cold! All the rangers had they typical green uniforms, and there was another man in all black and looked like something out of a movie.  He did not meet our gaze, and he looked kind of scary to me.  All in all, it was a place of peace.  

On to Albuquerque!