Weekend Reflections

The heat wave continues. Today the recorded telephone voice informed me that the local temperature was 112 degrees. This must be nature’s way of forcing me to slow down and reflect. As I lie on the hammock, I find myself thinking of the people we were honored to host this past weekend. Our guest list included bikers from Texas, a Belgium couple temporarily working and living in Dallas, a family reunion from Texas and Oklahoma, a couple driving a Mini-Cooper and celebrating their thirtieth anniversary and a member of ballet Oklahoma who, at thirty years of age, is contemplating the short life span of a dancer. The bikers enjoyed the scenic rides through the Arbuckle Mountains, the cold mineral springs, the winery in Slaughterville and Italian cuisine in Ada. Our Belgium guests hiked through the Park and soaked in the cold springs. The reunion family spent the weekend passing on to the children the rituals and traditions of their childhood reunions when Chickasaw National Recreation Area was known as Platt National Park. This reunion would not be complete without a breakfast of sweet rolls and bananas eaten on the picnic tables outside the Bromide Pavilion and an after-breakfast hike up Bromide Mountain. The anniversary couple have become treasured friends from previous visits. We were delighted to join them for their anniversary dinner at Papa Gjorjios.