Meeting a blogging friend!

After a day in Eureka Springs, we had plans to do more driving.  Bob and I both had people we wanted to meet in Oklahoma.  Most of you know that Bob does a lot of caricature carving.  There is a carver named Lynn Doughty, who is very well known in the carving world who lives in Oklahoma.  Bob knew he had  gallery on his property but didn't know if it was something that was open to the public.  So - we figured that the best thing we could do is try!
We found his place and his wife came out to meet us.  She brought us to meet him and they were both very welcoming.

 Here are a few things he is working on.

 He was also working on a video teaching how to make mirrored sunglasses.

 Then he took us to his gallery!  He makes some large carvings.

Most of his pieces are quite humorous.

 Here's a shot of his gallery which was filled with carvings and many awards he has won.

Here's a picture of Bob with Lynn.  (Look at how nicely Bob is positioned in front of those horns!)
It was a treat to see those carvings and Bob was thrilled to meet him in person.


Then we drove on to a little city near Tulsa.  I have a blogging friend named Susan Joyce who lives there.  We've known each other from our blogs for almost 10 years.  Susan no longer blogs but I've kept up with her on Facebook and I was anxious to meet her in person.

 She was just as sweet in person as I knew she would be!  We talked at their house for a while before she and her husband Mickey  showed us their town and let us tour their church.  Then they took us out for a wonderful lunch at a Mexican restaurant, and then for a tour of Tulsa.

 It's a beautiful city!

and it has such pretty buildings!

 They also drove us through Oral Roberts University - these praying hands are at the entrance.

We had such a good time with Mickey and Susan.  As you all know, we get to know our blogging friends pretty well so it wasn't like spending time with strangers.  We also share a bond in our faith and enjoyed some time praying together before we left them to drive back to Arkansas.

It was about a 3 hour drive back and we saw some small towns and back roads of our beautiful country as we drove.
It was another good day!