So long, America🫡🇺🇸
49 days ago we landed in the USA to follow our country at the World Cup. We had no idea it would turn into the trip of a lifetime.
Thank you to everyone who followed along, and to all the people we met who made this journey even more special. We honestly don’t have the words to express how grateful we are for everything you did for us.
This trip exceeded every expectation we had. We came here with an open mind, wanting to experience as much of the country as possible. I still remember telling my friends on the flight to Atlanta that I hoped we’d get to meet a few locals on this trip. Now we’re flying home with friends all across the USA.
Before we came, we heard so many stereotypes and warnings about America. People told us about safety concerns, that they might check our social media at the border, and all kinds of other things. None of it matched our experience. This was probably the most welcoming country we’ve ever visited.
So if you have the chance to travel, do it. The world isn’t nearly as bad as the media often makes it seem. 99% of people are awesome!
I heard this quote somewhere during the World Cup, and I think it sums up our experience perfectly:
“If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love it, travel it.”
Thank you, America ❤️🇺🇸
Oklahoma City has grown A LOT in 45 years! This aerial photo from 1981 shows Memorial Road (looking east) with Quail Springs Mall on the left.
(20246.1962.38.5, John Melton Collection, OHS)
@davidfholt@cityofokc
“I guess you could say I have a soft spot for underdog cities in general. Those places that people maybe don’t see as blockbuster. Small towns, blue collar, you know what I mean? Those places where it feels like they’ve seen a tough moment or two… so the good times feel just a little bit sweeter.”
man.
A local reporter asked #Sooners OL Eddy Pierre-Louis which local teams he rooted for while growing up in Tampa. He laughed.
"It was really Oklahoma. Oklahoma was my dream school when I was a kid."
(Having covered Eddy as a recruit, I can confirm this is 100% true, by the way)
I’ll never forget you goat, despite your shortcomings, you were and always will be an absolute dog who was proud to wear Oklahoma City across his chest
We don’t win a ring without your performance in game 5 against the Nuggets in the WCF, you’ll be missed sorely
Go be great in Atlanta with Wiggs 🥹🫡
LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
David Stone says here he wants two things he currently does to become traditions moving forward:
- An Oklahoma kid runs out of the tunnel with the Oklahoma flag
- An Oklahoma kid wears the No. 0 to represent the “O” for Oklahoma
Both are awesome - hope they stick
Isaiah Joe on his time in Oklahoma City:
“This place is home. I think it was a really good situation for me. They gave me a platform to be able to kind of make a name for myself. I’m only three hours away from the home cribs, so my parents got to come to every home game, and that really meant a lot for me — especially being on a team where I was far away at first and didn’t see them as much. So that’s something I’ll never take for granted. But this place is home, and everybody that I met — great people, lovely people. The connection’s gonna live on forever, and so for that I can never thank the city enough.”
(Via @NEWS9) | #ThunderUp