Greetings everyone, this is Fido Artz and I am finally back home from my two week and ½ vacation in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Tulsa. And it certainly was a adventure that had its ups and downs compared to my other one from 2015 I figure I should start with how it begin.

It was going to be a once year thing where me and my mother, around the spring of April visiting my family and relatives who lived or moved over there for 2 weeks which was April 21st for this year. The plan I thought was changed was that our friend will be driving us to the Vegas airport on the 20th. Turns out, the original game plan still stands. We packed up our things and our ride picked us up and we drove to Vegas, Nevada. At certain times my stomach was a bit achy from the trips but I took some medicine such as motion sickness pills. From there we stayed a night at my friends parents house, which had no wi-fi but good hospitality and visiting went good.

Next day, me and mom got dropped off at the airport and we just look around, played with a few slots, and then depart to the 7am plane. Personally even though I am person who takes a step out of my comfort zone. But I was not a fan of traveling too far out of town or flying across states with some turbulence. But we managed to get though it okay and landed at Tulsa airport in Oklahoma where my uncle at the arrival picked us up and drive us around town. It was a ok town, but rural life doesn't really have much of a appeal to me but also one thing I dislike about the certain parts of town is its religious beliefs it has rather then it having a spiritual belief, and not to mention tornado warnings if you don't keep watch. Besides those, my uncle dropped us off to my grandmother's house. Where we begin our 1st week visit.

Our visits sometimes had been easy going yet little drama occur here and there at times. But me and mom easily get these conversations back on a rational level adverting conflicts. we had fun at the Choctaw Indian casino and I walked away with $48 then added on $30 to my winnings which would be $72 I think. Then we also went to a bigger Choctaw Indian casino and hotel in Arkansas. Where we celebrated my uncles birthday on April 25th. We had a good time but I feel bad for my uncle who has been having bad luck, one of them is finding his horse trigger, dead on the pouch of his house, which he had to gave a burial. He expect that trigger picked a fight with his other horse's which resulted in that incident.

So we figured me and mom should spend tonight as my uncles house and at least cheer him up and make his life a little better. We took a walk through my uncles property which is a little pond, the woods, and the boat. Then we met his animals such as the 2 other horses one horse is named Scout and a small pony named Joey. We try to pet them but something spooked them and me and my mother almost got steamrolled by them, luckily we got pushed out of the way before it can fully happen. And I also had to help my uncle figure out the VR goggles for his phone. It works but unfortunately his phone system is not compatible with the google cardboard system which tracks and navigates where you look at in a 360 3d video. And neither is mine sadly.

Next day, my mom wanted to visit my mom's dad & my grandfather and other uncle's grave and leave flowers by their headstones. And that brought back some sad memories to her, especially that time where he passed away on 2005 and she went to his funeral. But I know and feel, that they are both in peace. After that, we went back to grandmas for a last visit. We try to help her find a place to stay or buy a temporary mobile home she can make a temporary home until her house upcoming renovation. She was a bit against the idea of staying with friends, family or in a trailer or hotel because she is worried about her cats and dogs safety or having a rocky relationship with certain members. We also spotted a mobile home on sale which we all thought it work. But after closer inspection by my grandmother and uncle, she declined on it. So we tried.
Next day came, our visit with my grandmother and uncle done, said good bye,and my sister and her new love picked us up. We left Oklahoma and head out to Coffeyville, Kansas where my sister and the kids has moved to a new 2 story house in town similar to the other one from my 2015 trip. Its a nice house outside but inside a another story. . After we made it to Coffeyville, I get to know my big sister, her new friend who is a cop, and my 5 nieces and 2 nephews. We ate a Chinese buffet restaurant which is a few blocks from the house. Then we started our 2nd week of the vacation.

And we find out that they are moving out to a new house yet again. Which is a pretty nice looking house. Visiting has been going good but me and mom start to get sick to our heads, but its very temporary. This also happen with me in Oklahoma My nephew points out that there are huge allergies here in this state. I don't know how allergies can cause symptoms but I am glad they are temporary. We still manged to have fun and visiting and also ate another buffet which is a steak one rather then a Chinese one. Went shopping, attempted the claw machine, and just hang out with my nephew in his room up stairs and I also got my own personalized bible from my sister.

Despite the ups and downs of this week I feel there are overall things I did now like, one of them is trying to keep up with my online class. its been tedious to fit that in along with my visits with family, one example would be my 3rd vocab journal. i thought i submitted that assignment complete with my commentary and use of the words in sentence before packing up to head to vegas and catch a plane to kansas and oklahoma. only to find out around one of my visits in Oklahoma, i didn't submit so i had to find the vocab words and definition of every word again but left out the commentary because i was running out of time. so it was a last minute thing i will take responsibility for. Which earns me partial credit. The movie review based on a artists biopic assignment also faced a similar circumstance with time. because i doubt i would get to watch the entire movie while being on vacation. but i seen most of the movie and get the idea of the artists, characters, elements, without giving away too many spoilers. And most of you know i used to do movie reviews online on DA before but those reviews pretty much tells a movie from start to finish and goes into too much detail. so i try to avoid that with this review assignment and pick out the highlights and interesting main plot points and focuses. But in the end of that concern. I have been doing pretty good on my traditional art class with a 92.28% so far I am going to focus on the 3 last remaining assignments with no hitches in between.

The vacation was over, we packed up and my sister drove us to Tulsa and dropped us off at the Tulsa airport. knowing that we had a good visit, we got passed security checks and sit down to wait for our plane Allegiant Air to Vegas. Until.. the flight got delayed and then suddenly got canceled til tomorrow due maintenance and everyone was not happy. Instead of having my sister picking us up and going back to Kansas. We are given vouchers and then we took a shuttle bus to a hotel which is not far from the airport and just settle down and eat at a near by Denny's. And apparently this is not the first time this Allegiant Air flight delay and cancellation happen, infact it has happen 2 or 3 times this week. I enjoyed the hotel, but I really wanted to go home as planned, I just had a good time but I just feel like overstayed my welcome, Kind of similar to the Markiplier vs delta airline story.

Next day, me and mom both checked out and get on the shuttle bus hoping that we finally get on a plane and fly to Vegas so we can get home. We got past every mandatory thing and had lunch. Then wait and here we go again with Allegiant Air the delays keeps stacking up. Even though I am a nice guy. I got to confess I was getting little peeved inside with this situation. And the other customers are getting more angry, heated, and tired if they had to be canceled and sent back to their homes and hotels again. But instead of canceling the flight. They decide to send in what they call a rescue plane to get us to vegas. We waited for its arrival, they give us sodas and pizzas. However the wi-fi handling there was extremely terrible and spotty for laptops and phones alike.
Moments later. The plane shows up and then we board the flight. And that patients of waiting have payed off. And before you know it we are flying to Vegas. I think the staff handled the situation perfectly this time. But I think Allegiant Air is going to have to pay for me, mom, and everyone's for may 1st incident. Personally I think Oklahoma, Kansas, and Tulsa are good places to visit to family but not a place I rather moved too if I had to deal with common occurrences such as tornadoes and storms.

We finally made it to Vegas, and our ride picked us up, we stayed a night at his parents house from 2 weeks ago. Then say good bye and then set course for Ridgecrest,CA. My hometown. We also stopped at baker to check out a cool attraction I remember seeing when I was kid. It was called alien fresh jerky and it was awesome and got bigger last time I seen it with my dad. After the drive we finally made it home.

And that was my 2 week vacation in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Tulsa. And boy this took a lot to remember, write down, and cram in a single journal. Compared to the 2015 vacation, this one was more layed back and mellow. Had its ups and downs. But it was still a good vacation. I also liked that most of stayed in touched with me during my trip and it really means a lot to me to have you guys involved with what I am doing outside of my art, animation, literature, and such endeavors by being more interactive with you guys though messengers, skype, discord, telegram, notes, and statuses. You guys such as AlterEgoAndie, Thunder-Clap-Clide, 8TeamFriends8, and Jasonbrambletail have been getting me through tough spots in my life and my trip. Thank you all so much for being good friends.

And thank you all for reading all this, I look forward to your thoughts on my trip and other topics. And now I am going to go rest up for the day knowing that we made it home. Until next time as always, this is Fido Artz have a blessed good day and stay artzy ^^