Jake's First Plane Trip

Well, I must say that Jake had to have the best trip a boy could ask for!  Daddy and Jake went to Oklahoma for a BMX race and to visit Beau's sister & family for 4 days.  They live in a suburb of Oklahoma City so less than 20 miles from the race track.
 

Jake came in 2nd place with the race! Way to go Jake!  He was racing an expert too and he almost had him!

  

Then they went on some road trips and ended up being and education trip too! He was fascinated with all of the history. I am sure he will be studying this in history class someday.

"Oklahoma City bombing"

 The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. It was the most destructive act of terrorism on American soil until the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Oklahoma blast claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the age of 6,and injured more than 680 people. The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a sixteen-block radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings.The bomb was estimated to have caused at least $652 million worth of damage. Extensive rescue efforts were undertaken by local, state, federal, and worldwide agencies in the wake of the bombing, and substantial donations were received from across the country.

This first picture is the memorial was where the road was at, where he parked the truck....On the front it is stamped with 901 and on backside is says 903  the bomb was set off between those times.

This is a picture of the bathroom door set infront of a blown up picture of aftermath

This is a picture of the state seal that was in the federal building, the explosion had warped it

Actual clock from explosion set in front of a picture of a distroyed room

This is not a picture...this is the bathroom of a building next to the federal building...nothing had been moved this is actual site.

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Uncle Chris, Christopher (15), Beau, Jake (8), Colin (10), Aliana (5), Ava (9) and Aunt Angel

This is the site of where building stood, in place are chairs of each person who lost their lives that day, smaller chairs were for the children. Only family members where able to cross ropes and go on lawn.

The official investigation, known as "OKBOMB", was the largest criminal investigation case in American history; FBI agents conducted 28,000 interviews, amassing 3.5 short tons (3.2 t) of evidence, and collected nearly one billion pieces of information.The bombers were tried and convicted in 1997. McVeigh was executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001, and Nichols was sentenced to life in prison.

 

"Get your kicks on Route 66"
US Route 66 was established in November of 1926 and covered 2,448 miles stretching from Chicago, IL. to Los Angeles, CA. Route 66 was one of the original highways that made up the U.S. system of highways, and was made popular by a hit song that was written by Bobby Troup. The song was originally performed by Nat King Cole, but had been performed by other artists throughout the years. The lyrics of the song outline the major areas that the highway passed through.

In 1985, Route 66 was removed from the US highway system because it had been replaced by the more modern  Interstate Highway system.  Many portions of the highway are no longer relevant, but are still used at times and is referred to as "Historic Route 66".

 

 Can't forget the whole reason for the trip:) The Plane Ride!  His first plane trip... he got to sit in the cockpit of his first airplane and even play talk to the air traffic control unit!   The captain was telling him all about it! Pretty neat to sit up there and touch controls for his first trip.