50 years celebration

Don and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary June 7... with a little vacation to Kansas. I wanted to take my computer to Wichita to get it repaired and Don wanted to search for Allis Chalmers tractors. While in Wichita we visited 'old town square' where the cattle drivers would spend the night after bringing the herds up from Texas. The old buildings are built around an empty town square where entertainment was (and still is) provided. While standing there looking at the old buildings you can almost hear the hub bub from the old time visits to the saloons, hotels and brothels. Mrs. O'Leary's is in one of the more interesting buildings. It is an art store with supplies for scrapbookers as well as hard core artists. There is an abundance of gift items as well.

That took one day. The rest of the time was spent looking at this;
And this;
Then he found this;
Rhonda was a good sport and waded in the weeds taking the photos, even though she felt uneasy about snakes that might be in the grass. Don found the owner of this lot, in the little gas station down the road, (Don hangs around gas stations a lot, where ever he goes) and got his business card... just in case.


Rhonda, Don and I spent a day in Vinita Oklahoma researching ancestors. Mine, not his. We just love the gals at the library in the genealogy corner. They are so helpful and know where all our dead relatives are buried. We bought the book the 2 gals wrote, with names and dates and lots of other helpful information about the history of the surrounding area.

Then we went out the back door of the library into the museum. Oh MY Goodness. Don found a tractor like his grandfather Tigges owned. It is a Fordson tractor.

He had many stories to tell about his grandfather while he checked out that old piece of machinery.

We planned to eat at Cowboy Crossing, but decided to check out the famous chicken fried steak at a restaurant in town.It was a good choice as the steak was excellent.

I love Cowboy Crossing, it is a church and restaurant just outside of Vinita.. and I had planned to get decal from there to put in our pickup. It shows a cowboy on a horse and has a cross in the background.. I just have to get one next time we go down. We still have more ancestors and stories to find in Vinita, so we WILL go down again.