{"id":2824,"date":"2010-10-08T21:07:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-09T03:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2018-11-12T00:17:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T00:17:11","slug":"from-the-biggest-cross-to-watonga-10-8-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/08\/from-the-biggest-cross-to-watonga-10-8-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"From the biggest Cross to Watonga &#8211; 10-8-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I stated we spent the <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">night<\/strong> in Amarillo at the Walmart on I-40.&nbsp; got out of there about 8:30AM.&nbsp; Once again, I forgot to put down the local antenna and whacked the overhead at the exit.&nbsp; I was moving slow and the overhead was a swinging gate type so it didn&#8217;t break it off but I got up and found that it had cracked the nylon gear that raises and lowers.&nbsp; Fortunately it was only cracked so it worked (roughly) to crank it down.&nbsp;&nbsp; How many of you forget these types of things?&nbsp; This is the second <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">time<\/strong> on this motor <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">home<\/strong>.&nbsp; The first broke it plumb off.&nbsp; This <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">one<\/strong> will be repairable the other was only replaceable.&nbsp; Our old motor <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">home<\/strong> at least had a light on the dash to indicate when it was up&#8230; on this I had gone as far as making a check sheet to go over before moving, and hang it in front of the driver but it was off to the side this <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">time<\/strong> on the fan so I ignored it.&nbsp; Till it was too late.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have to get in a better habit of hanging it directly in front or on the steering wheel so I have to move it before we move the motor <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">home<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Well we headed east and stopped at the <a href=\"http:\/\/4dw.net\/jamesmskipper\/CrossPlains\/plains_cross.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cross of Our lord Jesus Christ<\/a>.&nbsp; The website that they gave us on a card shows to be parked as of 9\/23\/2010.&nbsp; That website is www.crossministries.net&nbsp; Some <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">day<\/strong> they may find it is in need of renewal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2819\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1711.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2819\" title=\"IMG_1711\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1711\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1711_thumb.jpg?resize=349%2C464\" width=\"349\" height=\"464\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cross standing at 190ft - it is huge and can be seen from 20 miles. But it is flat out there.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2815\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1674.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2815\" title=\"IMG_1674\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1674\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1674_thumb.jpg?resize=476%2C358\" width=\"476\" height=\"358\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Station 1 - his sentence in front of Pilate<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The base circles through the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stations_of_the_Cross\" target=\"_blank\">13 stations <\/a>and at each is the description of that station. It also now has a new gift shop and meeting rooms being added, with a really nice fountain in the middle of the building.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2817\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1685.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2817\" title=\"IMG_1685\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1685\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1685_thumb.jpg?resize=476%2C358\" width=\"476\" height=\"358\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrance to the new worship center.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Divine Mercy fountain&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>]<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1701.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_1701\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1701\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1701_thumb.jpg?resize=471%2C354\" width=\"471\" height=\"354\"><\/a>[\/caption]<\/p>\n<p>It is a beautiful fountain with plants and of course a <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">place<\/strong> for coins. After this brief stop we got back on the road and headed east.&nbsp; While there we , of all places, ran into another couple from Stillwater, OK.&nbsp; They too had been to Albuquerque to the Balloon Fiesta and spent the <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">night<\/strong> in Amarillo.&nbsp; They had been at the cross before.&nbsp; With even more coincidence they too are members of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FMCA<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodsamclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Good Sam&#8217;s<\/a>.&nbsp; You just never know who you will meet when your away from <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">home<\/strong>.&nbsp; The world truly gets smaller every <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">day<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp; Leaving the Cross our focus was to get to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateparks.com\/roman_nose.html\" target=\"_blank\">Roman Nose State Park<\/a> for the <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">night<\/strong>.Roman Nose &#8211; Cheyenne Chief.<\/p>\n<p>]<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1722.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_1722\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1722\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1722_thumb.jpg?resize=452%2C340\" width=\"452\" height=\"340\"><\/a>[\/caption]<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_17161.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_17161\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_17161\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_17161_thumb.jpg?resize=455%2C342\" width=\"455\" height=\"342\"><\/a>\n<p>We got in after some miss direction by the GPS unit at about 3:30pm.&nbsp; Found a site and got set up.&nbsp; Also got the satellite set up so we could watch the OSU game on TV.&nbsp; After setting up we decided we had the <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">time<\/strong> so we would go back on for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watongacheesefestival.com\/food_show.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Watonga Cheese Festival <\/a>and see what was going on there.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As we got ready to leave we were being circled by the biggest group of&nbsp; Buzzards I have ever seen&#8230; Was this some sign<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2820\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1715.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2820\" title=\"IMG_1715\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1715\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1715_thumb.jpg?resize=392%2C522\" width=\"392\" height=\"522\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These are just a few as they were everywhere.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We got there, to the festival, and found it cost $5 each to get into all the exhibits and vendors.. I say exhibits as there were few true exhibits and a <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">lot<\/strong> of vendors.&nbsp; Most shows like this are free and paid from vendors , not by patrons?&nbsp; We made it through all the &#8220;vending&#8221; stations, a <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">lot<\/strong> of&nbsp; Jun-Q-E from what I could see.&nbsp; A little art and way more food vendors?&nbsp; In fact a <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">lot<\/strong> of food vendors.&nbsp; What is even more confusing is that as we were getting our turn in the &#8220;cheese sample line&#8221;&nbsp; we get to the end and find that the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/watongacheesefactory.com\/news.html\" target=\"_blank\">Watonga Cheese&#8221; <\/a>is now made in Perryton, <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">TX<\/strong>.&nbsp; The <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">place<\/strong> we once lived.&nbsp; Seems that a few years back when a tornado came though town it took out the &#8220;old&#8221; cheese factory and the guy that actually owned it (from Perryton, TX).&nbsp; got a better deal to build a new factory and move it all to <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">Perryton<\/strong> closer to his dairy.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is still called &#8220;<strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">Watonga<\/strong> Cheese&#8221; but made in Perryton, <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">TX<\/strong>.&nbsp; So what does the cheese festival have for importance.&nbsp; Nothing more than a fall festival like any other town, a little bigger than some and a catchy name.&nbsp; There were a few &#8220;wine&#8221; vendors but only two that I saw could be considered local.<\/p>\n<p>It was disappointing to say the least, although the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopoklahoma.com\/romannos.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Roman Nose State Park is nice<\/a>, small but really nice.<\/p>\n<p>One other things we did was go by the&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watonga.com\/ferguson.htm\" target=\"_blank\">T.B. Ferguson home<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2826\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1720.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2826\" title=\"IMG_1720\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1720_thumb.jpg?resize=403%2C303\" width=\"403\" height=\"303\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">T. B. Ferguson home - Oklahoma Historic site.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Of course it was closed by the <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">time<\/strong> we get there but that is OK, we have seen plenty of old homes with antiques in them.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow we will most likely just head on <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">home<\/strong> so we can get things cleaned up and put up Sunday and rest up a little as we have done a <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">lot<\/strong> in <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">one<\/strong> week out.&nbsp; Just needs to be a <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">lot<\/strong> more weeks out and a <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">lot<\/strong> less at home, but we all have to work so we can play.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Some <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">day<\/strong> I hope to figure out how to play and get paid for it so we don&#8217;t have to actually work.&nbsp; More of the old saying &#8221; Son, spit in <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">one<\/strong> hand and wish in the other and see which fills up first&#8221;.&nbsp; 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