Why am I doing this?

I was somewhere in the Carolinas the first time I was made aware of the ridiculous way some view Oklahoma. I mentioned to a gas station clerk that we were vacationing from Oklahoma, and no sooner did I finish the sentence than the now wide-eyed, awe-stricken, young woman said, “Like with tee-pees?” As I laughed and explained that, no, we have real houses, and even running water, I began to understand Oklahoma truly does not get the credit that we, as a state, deserve. This fact was made more evident a few years later when a friend, home from going to school in Chicago, stood out of my car’s sun roof yelling “Slow down, I gotta’ take a picture. My friends at school don’t believe we have real office buildings.”

Not only do we have office buildings, real houses, and running water, but we also have an awesome variety of the more important things, such as: college football; a Quik Trip on every corner (Wait! I think they missed one!); 11,611 miles of shoreline; and if, fishing is your thing, about 78,578 miles of rivers and streams. Quite possibly the most important thing about Oklahoma is, of course, our local music scene. It doesn’t matter what your taste in music, if you want it, we’ve got it--and we prove it every week!