And a really cool theater, too. We saw Iron Lung at Flix Brewhouse during a recent trip to Oklahoma. While it was a bit more expensive than I thought it was going to be, the food and the service was definitely worth it.
“Yeah, it was nice to see my trainer not have to struggle with carrying snacks to her seat.”
The movie itself was good (my sister says it’s a modern day Evil Dead, given that they’re both indie horror films) and I really hope Markiplier can get it distributed physically sometime in the near future so I can watch it again soon.
“Such a spooky burger joint! If you love horror, you’ll love this place!”
My sister and I have made this part of our annual pilgrimage to Spirit Halloween. They’ve got fun names for the food like The Audrey (a classic burger with plenty of leafy greens), The Elvira (a chicken breast sandwich), The Tremor (a bacon cheeseburger), and so many more!
If you’re ever in Casper, definitely check it out.
“Fair warning though, when they say garlic fries, they really mean it. You can smell them before they even reach the table.”
Hard to resist going when we have company who hasn’t been to it in a long time.
“Man, this place is so cool!”
“Ooh! I don’t remember these models from last time.”
If they were there, I think we might’ve breezed past them. I believe the smaller one is for blind folks to feel what the tower looks like.
“I think so too, that’s pretty nice of them!”
Oh, a little warning to anyone planning on going to Devil’s Tower:
There is now a sign near the beginning of the paved trail that asks tourists not to take pictures of the prayer bundles that are tied to the tree branches around the base of the tower. As you may or may not recall from our post from our last visit, Bear Lodge (Devil’s Tower) is sacred to many of the nearby tribes, and signs in the past have asked tourists not to disturb the prayer bundles. If you visit, please respect both of those rules.
“Yeah, don’t be a jerk! Just take in the sights, take pictures of the tower, or of the valley below it! It’s always such a beautiful place!”
I’ve chuckled at the name before while visiting the cat café next door (with the equally wonderful name “Don’t Stress Meowt”), but this is the first time I’ve actually been inside this antique store. It’s truly a treasure trove of vintage things; from furniture to lighting to photos and trinkets, Dead People’s Stuff seems to have it all! My sister kept saying that a theater troupe would have a field day looking for show props here.
“This show was amazing! The creatures were so cool!”
Admittedly, Dragons & Mythical Beasts is an interactive show for younger audiences, but I think the puppets are worth seeing no matter what age you are. If you get the chance to see it, I highly recommend you check it out!
(They do allow photos during the show, but most of mine didn’t turn out great because someone sitting in front of me had their phone brightness on the “second coming of Christ” setting)
On this day 113 years ago, the RMS Titanic sank beneath the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. A few days later at Pier 54, the survivors of the sinking crossed under this gateway. The letters on it have faded, but if you look closely, you can barely make out the words “White Star Line” and “Cunard Line”, as the both companies merged in 1934 and kept using the same pier.
“It’s pretty cool that this is still here after all this time.”
Agreed. I was so worried when I heard about Little Island being built, I thought that the gateway would be torn down too. Thankfully, it was still there, but if it had, they had a few more markers to indicate that this was the pier.
“Yeah, they have these paintings of the Titanic and Carpathia, and this memorial plaque in the sidewalk.”
Here’s a close up of the plaque for y’all to read:
Agreed! My brother had been hyping up Tamashii Ramen House since our last visit to Oklahoma, and boy was he right about it. I got the Ninniku Tonkotsu ramen (seen above), which is a garlic ramen. The bowl was fuller before I took the picture, it was so good that I forgot to take one until I was about halfway through eating it.
“They even had ice cream mochi! We got the chocolate one!”
Definitely recommend visiting it if you’re ever in OKC, or any of its other locations.
“Oh! Next time can we try the Miso Butter Corn ramen? That one sounded really good!”
“I keep seeing pictures of a cat everywhere in this place!”
That’s Sir Indiana Bones, he’s the resident cat of the Museum of Osteology in Oklahoma. While we didn’t get to meet Indy, all the little mentions of him warmed my cat lady heart. You can read a bit about him on the museum’s website.
“I don’t measure up to him.”
Maybe not in size, but I love you just the way you are, my travel-sized specter. Anyway, as I said, we didn’t get to meet him, but the cashier did tell my siblings that he was napping under the counter. He deserves all the rest he can get, being the resident bone kitty is hard work.
“I dunno, it doesn’t look hard to me.”
No, not “bones of kitties”, bone kitty.
“Oh…Hey! I think Indy helped with the notecards!”
Purrhaps.
“…You did not just say that.”
*ahem* Quick warning for y’all about this next bit.
If you are squeamish, don’t read any further. There is talk about bone cleaning.
“Here’s one last Indy thing before it gets mildly gross.”
“Everyone else ready?”
“…”
“Okay, scroll on down.”
The Museum of Osteology has all sorts of skeletons on display, all ethically acquired and cleaned in the nearby building behind the museum. They had a couple of view ports at the museum’s entrance where you could see some of the flesh eating beetles hard at work cleaning a few animal skulls, and upstairs they show a few clips from TV shows they’ve been featured in (the ones I noticed playing were Modern Marvels and Dirty Jobs), showing some of their other bone cleaning techniques.
Overall, it was a very interesting museum, I have a few more pictures that I’ll be sharing later, so look forward to seeing some of the skeletal displays soon!
Indeed, but Balto didn’t do it single paw-edly. There were several dog teams that also deserve praise for the 1925 Nome serum run, and thankfully the inscription does just that.
It’s a bit hard to read in the photo, but it reads, “Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the sled dogs that relayed antitoxin six hundred miles over rough ice, across treacherous waters, through Arctic blizzards from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome in the Winter of 1925. Endurance • Fidelity • Intelligence”
It’s called the Evolator, and it takes you back in time by going down into the crust of the earth and examining what was going on in New Mexico at the time that layer of rock was formed.
Is it cheesy? Absolutely. But it’s fun and I love it.
Agreed, it was a horrible day to put it lightly. This room has a projection of the asteroid hitting Earth and killing the dinosaurs. There’s a warning outside the room that states it may be too intense for little kids; the projection goes off every 5 minutes or so, so it’s easy to skip it, though there’s an unnerving wind sound effect that plays in it shortly after the projection ends and there’s also a mural of a dead T-Rex on the wall.
Yeah, we got to the museum an hour before they closed, so we kinda had to speed run some of it. While we were there, the area that used to be the Origins Hall was undergoing a renovation of some kind, so we started in this room instead.
“I love the way it’s set up like you’re looking at dinos going about their lives.”
Me too, although my dad said he didn’t get why any creature needed a tail that long.
