Maritime feeling in the #Tulsa air today. A brisk, cool breeze, moist air but not muggy, is something I associate with the seashore, not landlocked Oklahoma.
Taking a walk in McClure Park and thinking that the paths, the channelization of Mill Creek, the stormwater basins that serve as soccer, softball, and tennis courts, must be over 30 years old now. They were built when I worked nearby and would bring lunch to the park.
In the '70s we would sometimes come to McClure Park to swim in their Olympic-length pool. It was the nearest public pool to far east #Tulsa. Sometimes we'd go a bit farther to the city pool on the west side of Claremore. We swam at the Blue Whale when it was open.
The old rec center was still home to basketball leagues in the '90s and it had a couple of racquetball courts too. Now it's entirely devoted to the Tulsa Glassblowing School.
The squirrels are too chubby or too focused on acorns to get away quickly.
I would drive thru Lee's Chicken, park under a shade tree, listen to Paul Harvey on KGGF, read the paper (before 1992), and sometimes nap. A few more McClure Park photos:
The back of the mid-century modern Rose Bowl, once a bowling alley on Route 66, now a ministry center.
Not remotely as scenic and historical as one of @Towler's West Country photo walks, but hope you enjoyed it just the same.
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