Your Dog Wants to be a Legislater

So, this morning, our first excursion was out into the downtown area of Oklahoma City, where we visited the capitol building. We were informed, oddly, that we could visit any area in the building that we liked, and take pictures of whatever we wished, with the only exception being that we were not allowed to take pictures of the metal detectors at the front doors. This caused poor Pixel much consternation, and I am certain that he spent much of his time wondering how he was going to surreptitiously photograph the restricted area.

This aside, we proceeded to wander around basically every space in the building that wasn't locked. (Pix found an open networking closet, and was frustrated that I wouldn't let him explore further into it.) We found our way past some locked doors and wound up in the senate chambers, and proceeded to spend the next thirty minutes taking pictures. The fans on the wall were of particular amusement to us...each one had a custom made button in the middle with the great seal of Oklahoma on it. We also wandered past an unlocked door labelled "Press only" and took some photos of the press booth, including a beautifully antique rotary phone. Leaving the chambers, we found our way into the senate lounge, a really nice room where, apparently, members of the Oklahoma government relax in between the grueling sessions of lawmaking. (Alternate pic.)

We left Oklahoma City and somewhere along the way, we found this cool windmill. We also stopped to pet these friendly horses.

We checked in for the night in the small town of Shamrock, home of the famous "U Drop In" gas station, a beautiful art-deco gas station built on Route 66, which will look familiar to Pixar fans - "Ramone’s House Of Body Art" building was based on this gas station. We wandered around town for a bit taking pictures of the place. You start to realize after about the tenth small town that they all look the same, but we got some good pictures nonetheless.

Exit, stage left.
Sparks