The Myths Of Oklahoma Are Just That, MYTHS!

We have found Oklahoma to be a beautiful place.  Most impressions of this place, that people have given us, have been completely inaccurate.  It makes me wonder what side of life they live on.  

Sunset from our hotel.  It is flat enough here that you

can see the gentle crown of the earth, but when driving

there are many hills and rolling terrain.  

This is a photo of the Chicago Lake Front.  Well you 

could fool me.  This a huge recreational and flood 

control lake in north Oklahoma City.  There are golf 

courses, two huge marinas (about 800 slips) miles and

miles of trails, restaurants, and a beautiful lake shore 

drive that surrounds the lake.  There has been a 
long drought here.  Only two inches of rain this year.
This lake is like Palisades Reservour a few years ago.
It is down about 30 feet and all of the slips in the 
marinas are about twenty feet out of the water, 
leaving hundreds of boats high and dry.  It is quite 
a mess.

Sample photo of the landscape

Well, tomorrow we are going to go look again for housing.  The two places below are possibilies.

This is an apartment that we hope to be able to  see

in the morning.  It is the newest we have been able to 

find.  It is about 2 blocks from Walmart.  Hello.  This is

Sister Nielson's best hope.  

This is an older small house that I am most interested 

in.  It has a garage and once the carpet is cleaned it 

will be ok.  It has 3 bedrooms.  Both of the these places

are much better than the one that the mission office found

for us.  If you have not heard,  we contracted last

Wednesday for an apartment that the mission office found

for us.  The contract was signed for us to move in on 

Tuesday.  The landlord needed the time to clean, replace 

carpet and flooring, and to paint.  I questioned her ability

to get the work done in that time, but the landlord and the 

mission staff said that was doable.  Well, I called her 

(the landlord) the next day to see about internet service.

She was very emotional and said she could not commit

to a date because her father had been hospitalized in 

serious condition.  I reassured her that we could  wait 

longer and asked her not to worry about us in these 

circumstances.  That is what prompted us to start looking

again. We are spending about $500 a week on hotels. 

Legally we have no obligation to this contract because 

they cannot meet our move in date.  However we still

feel poorly about her circumstances.  Time will tell.


More to Come...