Memorial Day Weekend

Adam and I took time this Memorial Day Weekend to take a mini-vacation/getaway. Partly, we were just itching to go on a “vacation” and partly to celebrate my passing of the State of Oklahoma Insurance Licensing Exam.

Anyway, we spent a few nights downtown OKC at the Colcord Hotel.

The Colcord is over 100 years old. Though it wasn’t always a hotel, it was a magnificent place to stay…very chic.

Friday night we decided to walk the river walk, and enjoy the weather.

Saturday morning, we planned to visit the Myriad Botanic Gardens before we ate an early dinner at the Melting Pot. But, before we could head out for the day, we needed breakfast. The room service prices at the Colcord were amazingly reasonable. Even with delivery and excess charges as well as a tip, we still didn’t spend anymore than had we gone out to eat.

After breakfast, we headed out to the botanic gardens which were just across the street from our hotel.

The outdoor portion of the gardens are still being remodeled. The gardens have been closed for over a year for renovation but the Crystal Bridge had finally opened earlier this year. So, we enjoyed what we could of the outside, but we really wanted to see the Crystal Bridge anyway.

The Bridge was mostly tropical plants but there were some desert plants as well. The plants were beautiful but boy was it humid! (I guess I had expected that though).

We had a great time though, we’ve been waiting to go to the botanic gardens for over a year now and we were excited to finally check them out. We plan on visiting the outdoor portion again when its finished (the outdoor attractions are all free by the way but the Crystal Bridge does charge a fee).

We headed back to the hotel after we perused the gardens and took a short walk through Bricktown again. We were exhausted! Afterall, it was only 111 degrees outside. Needless to say, we needed a nap!

After our nap we headed to the Melting Pot where we enjoyed Spinach and Artichoke cheese fondue:

Steak and Chicken cooked in their Mojo broth:

And, a Flaming Turtle for desert:

I think Adam was getting tired of me taking pictures. Haha.

Despite the 100 degree heat that evening we walked Bricktown again, all the way from our hotel to Bass Pro and back. I even found a t-shirt and some shoes at Bass Pro that Adam got for me!

Sunday morning we woke up, had breakfast and headed out for the Zoo. Our hopes were to see everything at the zoo before it got to hot for not only us but the animals as well.

(The giraffes made me think of you Linski!)

The OKC Zoo actually just brought their elephants back from the Tulsa Zoo. They were on loan for a couple of years while the OKC Zoo renovated their habitat. They even have a baby elephant now!

By the time we left the zoo, it was only about 98 degrees so I’d say we accomplished our mission!

Today we decided to take it easy and relax. Tomorrow, it’s back to work…