Ok, so the birthday dinner was great with my parents and Patrick in Rose Hill.
On Saturday, the 3 Konecnys (3 Amigos?) left for QuaPaw. We had reservations to stay at the Buffalo Run Hotel in Miami, OK, since the Downstream Hotel/Casino was booked up. Now, Miami is not far from the Pow Wow grounds, but too far to walk. And Buffalo Run hotel/casino was in the middle of NO-WHERE and too far to walk to town (Miami) and the pow wow. We got to the hotel, got our room keys, unloaded the car.....came back to go get some supper and the car wouldn't start. Yep. 8pm on Saturday of a holiday weekend where everything is closed until Tuesday. Not good. AAA couldn't even help us. So, we missed the pow wow on day 1 (my dad's b-day) and we missed the pow wow on day 2 (car trouble).
To make the long story a little shorter.....we got a tow (from AAA) on Sunday morning to O'Reily Auto Parts in Miami. They let Patrick use their tools and even brought him a bottle of water after he was there an hour. It was my car battery that had died...and thanfully, that was all. But my car battery isn't simple to change....it is located behind a panel in the right wheel well. Yep. Not good. Took Patrick over an hour total to get the old battery out and the new one in...and he had never done that kind before but he did it! I am SO proud of him! Pat Ann and I told him that he is our HERO!
Pow wow day 3---Patrick and I had tickets to see The Steve Miller Band at Downstream, so we were not planning to go to the pow wow. The concert was GREAT and there was a fireworks show after-wards. We had 3-D fans to look through and I caught some video. At the time, we didn't know it, but the pow wow was rained out and didn't finish all the contests.
Pow wow day 4; Monday, July 4-- It was scheduled to begin at 8pm with a last grand entry, several dance contests, and the awards. Pat Ann had seen the pow wow on the news the night before and it was really crowded, so we figured we would go about 5:30 or 6pm and could eat and look at the vendors. Remember how I mentioned that day 3 was rained out.....well, they had rescheduled for 3pm on Monday and we didn't know it. They finished everything before we got there at 6pm. So, basically, we missed the whole pow wow. Sheez. It wasn't for lack of trying! We did get to see the chicken dance, the awards, and a 49 contest. We are planning on trying again next year to see the pow wow!
On the way home, we stopped in Dexter, KS at Henry's Candy Company. This candy store made the O'Henry's bar. I am pictured with my bag of candy below along with a few pictures from the weekend.
2 comments:
Well Kim,
That soooo sounds like a Chastain vacation to me. So, if it happened to you does that mean our jinx is over? Sorry your vaca was problem filled but you have some good memories out of it though!Lisa
Lisa:
Well, I hope we don't have the "Chastain curse," but maybe you will be done with it!
And, hey, at least we got to our hotel before the car died...we weren't stranded in the middle of no where in the 100+ heat. :) It's a good thing Pizza Hut delivered to our hotel room, cuz that was dinner that night.
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