My Adventure Dreamz

  I am patting myself on the back for posting the August blog before the end of September!! August was a HOT month here in Oklahoma City but that didn't stop us from having some fun. I took these photos on a different walk in the same park. We tried a new restaurant at the Grand Casino.  It is called Soto Sushi .  We weren't super hungry and decided to share a couple of plates.  The presentations were beautiful and that brown sauce was some type of beef reduction that was off the chart amazing.  We are already talking about a return trip. These are my random photos that I was not sure where to put.  The first one is from a trip to Eischen's Bar for their famous fried chicken.  I loved the way the sun set colored the building.  The Chevy Nova was in tow at the casino during the Bug Run.  I didn't get any pictures of that event because my allergies were in full touture mode and taking a lot of pictures was not high on my list.  Even though...

April started at the Arkansas Whiskey Fest. Ken had never been to anything like this. It was a well organized event with a lot of different beverages  to taste and good food to eat. John and Tammy have a beautiful back yard and the best fire pit. The big bike trip for Maywas the 5 State Run. We did the run last year and it rained and you can see by all the layers everyone has on it was rainy and cold this year.  Rain or shine the ride is always beautiful and the stops are fun also.  We already have a room booked for next year. A few pictures from home.   June is when the fun began.  I dropped Ember off at home in Texas on June 1st and I headed home.  I had a great plan to get home on Saturday, pack the rig on Sunday and head to Michigan on Monday.  That planned got changed when I got a wonderful case of food poisoning. I was able to slowly pack the rig on Monday and leave on Tuesday.   While in Michigan I was able to visit with my Uncle Bob a...

It's May in OKC and it is warming up nice.  We checked out a "new to us" restaurant and it was very good.  We will probably make another trip back to Reba's.   I took a quick trip to Florida to celebrate dad's 80th birthday.  We had a great visit, the weather was wonderful, and I got to visit with friends in the park. Ken and I took a bike trip to Medicine Park, OK.  We ate good food and got to see the bison and long horns.  The last time we were here it was SO HOT and none of the animals were out. May was also the month of our first poker run of the season.  This was a new group and the fundraiser supports a family with leukemia.  John and Tammy joined us for the ride.  The dinner after was fried ribs.  The ribs were very good.     Things are starting to get busy now that the weather is warming up.  Just need to get through storm season. 

  We had some really cold days so Ken made a fire. This was the beginning of a really nice evening.   Every Adventure Dreamz post must have food. The top photos are from a local OKC restaurant called Crab Town .  The food and the service were amazing. The bottom photos are from the Chef of the Year Banquet in Michigan. I went back to Michigan for the Chef of the Year banquet.  Phil and the team did an stupendous job.  We had shredded brisket, white truffle and Gruyere cheese stuffed in risotto balls and fried. Next was octopus carpaccio with grapefruit that I could have eaten as a main course.  The entrée was slow roasted pork shank with smoked polenta.   The fat on the shank was the best part, it so crunchy.   The finish was a honey panna cotta. The next event was my God Son's last high school musical. It amazes me how far this young man has come. He is a natural on the stage and he makes it look so easy.    Then it was o...

I have totally dropped the ball where the blog is concerned.   So this will be a two month download. There is nothing better than setting with your man in a hunting blind. The wild life put on a great show but there were no deer to be found. I have learned one thing, I can't cook and take pictures at the same event. We had some new additions at this years family event.   I had some down time and walked around half of the OKC zoo.  It was a beautiful day and all the animals were out.  The doe was very friendly because she had been raised by a farmer and I think people were giving her treats at the fence.  I will be getting a membership for the zoo.  There is so much to see. In December we found our way out to the hunting camp a couple times. It is a beautiful place no matter how cold it is. Ken asked me what I wanted for my birthday.  I told him I wanted to see Christmas lights.  So we met up with John and Tammy for a Christmas party at t...

  Our first day at the Balloon Fiesta set the stage for the fun that was to come. As you can see the rig in the picture is not mine.  I took mine in to have some things fixed and while it was in the shop the fuel pump went out.  Other than the cost of renting a rig I was glad this didn't happen during the trip. We were up at 4:00am to arrive at the field for our hot air balloon ride.  The ride was amazing and the landing was easy but the best part was exchanging rings and vows with this amazing guy. We were on the field that morning to see the drone show, dawn patrol, fly over, singing of the national anthem and to see the pilots do a candle stick burn.  The red arrow shows where the rig was parked. We had free days and took a few trips to the Sandia  Mountains.  The first trip was a smooth twisting road, the second was a narrow, rocky dirt road.  That is where we found the cave.  The cage you see is the entrance to the cave.  The third ...