The museum to the bombing is right next door and separated by immaculate gardens from the reflecting pool and remains of the damaged walls that outline where the Murrah Federal Building once stood. We arrived in Oklahoma City about 11.30 and parked behind the Oklahoma memorial just opposite the 09.01 end. A very impressive looking resort near Thackerville, Oklahoma. There was the Chrysler Building from New York and London’s Houses of Parliament as well as the Colosseum from Rome. Not far over the border is an enormous casino resort called ‘Winstar World Casino’ whose frontage has iconic buildings from around the globe. My daughter had fallen asleep in the passenger seat and I shouted ‘Oklahoma’ as I saw the ‘Welcome to Oklahoma’ sign but not in time for her to take a photo of the event. The border between Texas and Oklahoma was about an hour’s journey and it came upon us very quickly. The excitement was building today as we left shortly after breakfast and headed the nearly 200 miles to Oklahoma City along I-35.
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