Tulsa Life

We admittedly didn't put in as much effort into Tulsa as we had other places to find interesting things to do. Maybe we were tired, maybe it was the weather, who knows? In all fairness, Tulsa is a decent little mini-city. It's known mostly for its Native American roots and former oil glory days when many residents got rich on "black gold" and built palatial mansions along the Arkansas River. A number of people we spoke to reflected on those days. More recently, there has been an effort at urban renewal, with lots of parks by the the riverfront, a variety of restaurants, a zoo and museums.

We had the opportunity to visit the Tulsa Air and Space Museum, as it was one of our event sites for work. I called on my limited teaching experience to give brief talks to school groups visiting the museum for the day. The main topic was, of course, the race car, and how it tied in to their visit through aerodynamics, motors and engineering.

Just because it was so novel, I wanted to include the photo below, apparently a liquid nutritional supplement chock-full of naturally derived minerals, vitamins and anti-oxidants.

For the rest of our visit to Tulsa we were primarily engaged in losing small amounts of money to the penny slot machines at the Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino, The Creek Nation Casino, and The Cherokee Nation Casino and Resort. Next stop: Wichita, KS where, fortunately, there are no casinos. --HTM