TeamWhitney Checks In

Today in Tulsa was hot, sunny and very windy. It is Oklahoma. Whitney and I went out to a local field for a limber up, but it was not weather for a work-out so we kept it short.

Ann had a great early morning run along a very nice parkway on the Arkansas River.

After finding a good local coffee house, we headed out to the Expo Center. The entrance has a huge statue of an oilman and a derrick. (see photo). The oilman is called the Golden Driller. The derrick is an actual derrick moved from a depleted field in Seminole, Oklahoma. The plaque says that it is "dedicated to the men [!] of the petroleum industry who by their vision and daring have created from God's abundance a better life for mankind." In 1979, the Golden Driller was adopted by the Oklahoma Legislature as the state monument. According to Wikipedia (who does not trust Wikipedia), in October 2006, the Golden Driller was named the grand prize as a top ten "quirkiest destination" in the United States, winning its nominator a $90,000 international vacation for two. Enough about the Golden Driller.

We checked in and found the stall we are sharing with Ashley and Luka. It has a paved surface no less. Terry Le Clair and Heath are next door. Marcy and Mo and their dogs are two stalls down with a California Bear flag on their stall door.

They must sell wine out here somewhere; but we have not found a place, so beer it is.

The ISC competition begins tomorrow at 9!