Enid

(I apologize for not writing for a while...I no longer have a computer (it died) and now share with Brian. So here it goes).


We've been in Enid for nearly 12 weeks and in our apartment for nearly 10. And now that we are pretty settled we've found out it's time to move! More to come on that...


But I thought it might be nice to post some photos from the local area so you could see what we see :]


Enid has a real nice downtown district that begins with a Welcome Center:

There is the main park as you drive into Enid  and this building is at it's edge that I thought looked nice:

 Here is Callahan's a local bar most of our friends and I go to on Thurs night for the Trivia game

 This is more downtown area:

 Probably the tallest building in Enid. It's not too big but it does stand out.

 This is the surrounding shops and restaurants that are on the outside edge of the downtown square.

 In the central square they have some historical sites that describe Oklahoma's history and it starts with the Indians.

 I told Brian we could take a picture in the Teepee and this is how it came out haha

 Here is me in the teepee

 In the central square there is a gazebo that has a time capsule that is not to be open till 2086

 The square is mainly a park where you could sit on a bench and enjoy the day

 Here is a statue also depicting Enid history.

There are 3 parts to the statue, past, present and future. First the cowboy who established the town by being part of the "sooner" group and claiming land in Enid as his own

 The present is represented by Air Force pilot who established Vance Air Force base and as a result helped the town boom due to the base's activity. (Notice the TWO pilots in the picture)

The future is represented by the first woman astronaut to be apart of the space station who graduated from Vance AFB also in Enid.

 Here is "The Keeper of the Plains" statue of the representative Indian who was to protect the area.

 We saw a man atop of this building and got a little scared until we realized he was fixing the antenna. It was way too windy to be up there!!

And a butterfly!

Away from the downtown square, Enid is your average town with one main drag. This is our main road called Owen K. Garriott, pictured here:

Here is the nice turn off from Garriott onto Oakwood Rd. where we happily reside:

And here is the first place we went when we arrived into Enid on that cold Feb night: