Brick Town

A couple nights ago we had ourselves an impromptu OKC date. Blaine wanted to go check out Bass Pro Shops to see how it compared to Cabelas. (I hadn't thought of the blog by that point or else I would've added a picture) Its a big outdoors store that we have in Florida a lot too- more fishing than big game hunting. Anyways, its downtown in Brick Town. So we checked out the fish, picked out the boat we'll get in a couple years, and decided that Cabelas and Scheels is still better.

As we were leaving the parking lot, we saw a sign for the Land Run Monument and decided to go check that out as well. So we walked along the canal path to the monument of the horses and wagons racing to claim their plot of land.

Then we decided that we were already sweaty, so we kept walking along the canal path and checked out Brick Town. It has lots of shops and restaurants and a movie theatre and its all brick... obviously. I'm sure we'll go back and take pictures this time, but you can check it out online. Or come and visit us and see it first hand!! Its really cute. As we were walking around we noticed that the OKC Redhawks, the triple A farm club for the Houston Astros, were playing soon. So even though we're trying to save money, we decided to be spontaneous!

So we got some dinner at the cheapest looking restaurant at Brick Town called Fuzzy's Tacos and it was pretty good food. There was also a Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill which was really cool, but we decided to save that for another time when we want to spend more money. It looked like an awesome place to watch a game. Oh- back to the Brick Town Canal - there are also cute little river taxi cruises that run up and down bricktown. We didn't do it that night, but I'm sure we will soon. The Brick Town area reminds me a lot of the Riverwalk in San Antonio... but probably smaller, and not the filming location of any famous movies that I know of.

Anyways, after Fuzzy's Tacos we walked across the street to Brick Town Ballpark to watch the OKC Redhawks take on the Iowa Cubs. Tickets were cheap and there wasn't that many people there, so we decided to sit on the 5th row of the 3rd baseline, but we could've sat on the 2nd row even! During the 7th inning stretch, we sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" as usual, but also "Oklahoma." It was really cool. Lots of state spirit here and everyone is so friendly. But more on that to come ;)

Anyways, after the game, we followed the crowd back across the street and into Sonic for half-priced shakes and ended our spontaneous date with a treat. It was a deal we couldn't pass up... But let it be known. I still have not found a banana shake even close to rivaling Checkers'.