A Stop in Oklahoma City
Since we planned to visit family in Tulsa, we decided to spend a couple of nights in Okalahoma City, before driving over to Tulsa. Just an hour and a half away from Oklahoma City.
More City Than We Expected
Oklahoma City surprised us. A real downtown with a riverwalk.
We walked around. Had dinner. Took it all in.
The Land Run Monument
Right downtown, along the Oklahoma River, we found it.
The Land Run Monument.
The monument stretches along the riverfront — 45 figures in full motion.
The Land Run Monument commemorates the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 — the day the U.S. government opened nearly two million acres of unassigned territory to settlement. At noon on April 22nd, approximately 50,000 people lined up at the borders and raced in to claim land. Towns sprang up overnight. Oklahoma City went from empty prairie to a city of 10,000 in a single day.
The sculpture captures that moment — horses at full gallop, wagons lurching forward, riders leaning into the run. It’s enormous. Dynamic. Genuinely moving when you stand next to it.
We weren’t expecting that.
Dinner
We found a Mexican restaurant near our hotel for dinner. Very good.
So good!
We also found a coffee shop nearby and had churros with chocolate dipping sauce the next morning.
Churros with chocolate dipping sauce. No complaints.
From there, on to Tulsa for a family visit — and more adventures ahead.
Stay tuned!