Jonathan Elmore

My mom and dad loved to explore Oklahoma just like I'm doing now. They weren't necessarily museum lovers like me, but we'd go to one every once in awhile if it was close by where we were. They were nature buffs so any chance to go to a walking trail or waterfall, we were there, usually on a weekend after dad's payday. One of the reasons my dad liked to explore was photography. He was an amazing photographer. One day I'll make a post that shares his work, most of which is in the wilds of...

When I was a kid, my family spent a lot of time in Hutchinson, Kansas. Both of my parents grew up near there and we have tons of family from Hutch. Love you guys! Never in a million billion trillion years did I ever imagine there was an enormous salt mine in Hutch that had been discovered in the late 1800s and in full operation since the 1920s. Luckily in 2007, the Strataca Salt Mine was opened to the public for tours. Every twenty minutes or so, there is a group descent down into the...

I haven't spent much time in Broken Arrow. When I'm there it's usually just to see my parents' best friends, two people that I've called Aunt and Uncle since I was old enough to talk. I rarely ventured out unless we went out for lunch. So when I pulled down Main Street, I was pleasantly surprised by the Rose District where The Museum Broken Arrow lives. I couldn't help but wander around a little bit before I went in. Once I finallly went in, I was excited to explore. The only thing that I had...