Bartlesville, OK

We left Cabot, AR and headed west. We are due in Denver, CO by next Tuesday where we are picking up our grandson, Shae. We haven’t seen Shae for almost two years. He is flying from Dover, DE to see us! The last time I saw Shae, I took him to Okinawa, Japan where we stayed for 2-1/2 months so he could spend time with his mom who was stationed there. This time, she will pick him up in Denver. We’re both excited to see Shae. He will have his 7th birthday just days before we get him, so we’ll get to celebrate his birthday with him as well!

Since we have plenty of time, we meandered up through Oklahoma. We were thinking of staying in Tulsa but the AAA books for OK were still in the car. I happened to check-out our Passport America book for places to stay and there was nothing in Tulsa. However, they did have an RV park in Bartlesville, and it said there were several things to do in the area. With this life style, it’s easy to make these types of decisions so Bartlesville it was!

Got up this morning and headed to Woolroc. Woolroc was Frank Phillips ranch. Philips was the founder of Phillips Petroleum. Woolroc is a very LARGE ranch with buffalo, elk, deer, ostrich, emu, and many other animals that I don’t rmember. There is a huge museum and lodge on the property as well as a petting barn. We spent several hours going through the museum. Headed off to the Keepsake Candle Museum and then finished our day by going through the Phillip’s mansion. The house was remodeled in 1930’s and before this Mrs. Price had a professional photographer come in and take pictures. The pictures were used to restore the house to it’s present condition. They’ve done a phenomenal job! There were many, many great things to look at and we were the last tour of the day. There was only Don and I so we had a very private, personal tour of the house! Tomorrow we will again continue west and north!