OKLAHOMA SCENIC TOUR

John and Nancy at church

We drove Sunday from John's home near Hartshorne to attend his church near Red Oak. It is a lot of miles from his home. Nancy and I attended the Adult Bible SS class taught by a descendant of one of the original founders of the church. Daniel Adams teaches class and then plays the piano for church service. John Johnston teaches the youth SS class. During the church service we sang three hymns from the Choctaw Hymn book. Carol and her mother Sarah joined those who sang in Choctaw. By the third song I was able to follow the words in the hymn book. It took a while to catch on.

This is Nancy with Daniel and his wife.

We drove from the church through the scenic hills of Oklahoma down through Clayton to Antlers. I showed Nancy the bridge over the Kiamichi river where the high school students would drive to and dance to music on the car radios back in 1944. We then spent an hour visiting with my brother Robert at their home. We drove down through Paris and followed the GPS that took us through McKinley and Grapevine. We stopped to eat at Steak and Shake in the Grapevine Mall area. I had a Hershey's dark chocolate shake. We got to Nancy's house at 10 and ready for bed. Slept late this morning and came back to Halsell Hill this afternoon.

Tommie Lu, Robert and Charles with his mouth working as usual.