Okie Rumble X, October 2006

			Amtrak train leaves Penn Station, New York City, 3:23 PM		Fixing watch band on train, 3:52 PM
	Just past Ossining, NY (where the Sing Sing jail is), rain on window		Hudson River near Ossining, NY		Fields jutting into Hudson, near Ossining		Ossining, passing traffic on nearby road		Interior view of train at this time
		Further up the Hudson		Zipping by the fall foliage		Passing the Peekskill, NY station (no stop)
	Mountain near Indian Point		Closeup of mountain near Indian Point		The Indian Point nuclear plant		Same mountain with clouds about halfway up
		Mountain between Cold Spring and Beacon, looks like a rugged mountain road...		...or maybe not; dead ends in the forest?		Castle-like old building near same mountain		Just past the "castle"
		Approaching the Newburgh-Beacon bridge...		...about to pass under it...		...bridge receding

Illinois

		“Sears Tower” in the suburbs of Chicago? (well, it’s a tower and a Sears) ;-)		On the platform on arrival in Chicago		Heading towards the terminal
	Drawbridge over Chicago River dates to 1915...		...as noted by this plaque		View from the bridge		Closeup of traffic on bridge		Looking towards Adams St and the Chicago Sun-Times building
		Another bridge traffic scene		The real Sears Tower		Getting my kicks on Route 66 with a headstand		Hexagonal residential building near Route 66
	Lou Mitchell’s Restaurant...		...one of many Route 66 attractions		Office buildings		Hosta plants still in bloom thanks to the very warm autumn
	Only half of Jackson Blvd (Rte. 66) drawbridge opens for a boat		Closeup of opened bridge with pickup truck and worker on other half		Chicago Board of Trade		Sears Tower seen from Greektown (on way back)		Bilingual ATM in Greektown
		Back on train, already-harvested fields yield endless stretches of brown nothingness west of Chicago		Just a bit of greenery		Mendota, IL
			Checking e-mail at the library		The Okie Rumble welcome sign at the Habana Inn, Oklahoma City

At the Okie Rumble

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Weather was cooler than normal, getting to the 40’s at night, and the pool was chilly even during the day. But the mats were warm!

Mats in the hospitality room before we put them in rooms

Friday dawns at the Habana Inn, 7 AM (note the moon over room 207)

We got up early to reserve mat time for the day

Habana Inn room diagram

Sub matches

MiamiLucha put his foot through the window around lunchtime (I was eating at Gusher’s at the time), but that didn’t stop him from attending the pro show just after.

The Pro Show on Saturday afternoon

	Sunday afternoon, 1:46 PM, by the pool		Closed hospitality room on Sunday		Carpet burn on elbow from 2nd-to-last match of weekend
	Disheveled Room 231 after last match of weekend (1 of 3)		John at the mirror (2 of 3)		The cricket did not take part in said match (3 of 3)

Downtown Oklahoma City

National Memorial

	Plaque at the Memorial, placed on September 11, 2002		Oklahoma City National Memorial, looking south		The wall that faced the blast in 1995		2006 Memorial shirt left by a wrestling team
	Memorial poetry and wreaths (1 of 3)		(2 of 3)		(3 of 3)		Map of downtown OKC

Bricktown

US 77 (Shields Av) overpass south of downtown