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We slept a little later our last morning and ate some of the Banana Bread and Blueberry Muffins that Cheryl had left us. I nursed a cup of coffee as we leisurely packed our bags. We made two sandwiches with the leftover brisket from the previous night to eat for lunch. I bagged up some ice from the frig to keep them cool and stowed them in the car with our luggage. Then we locked up the Josie House around 9 AM, left the key and drove toward Jenks where Cheryl told us there were a lot of antique stores. Our map was not very clear, so we were never sure we were on the right route. We stopped on the way a couple times at garage sales -- to shop, but mainly to confirm our location.
We arrived in Jenks, a suburb of Tulsa, and found the antique district with no trouble. After visiting one or two antique shops, we sat on a bench in the sun and ate our cold barbeque sandwiches. I can't really say they were delicious, but they filled an empty spot and it kept us from wasting perfectly good meat. We decided that we really needed some ice cream before we left Jenks. We owed it to the fair city of Jenks to have a more memorable eating experience there.
But first there were more antique stores to visit, and that we did - every one. My feet were aching by the time we had walk around them all.
We didn't see any place to have ice cream though, so we finally asked a shop owner.
"I think you'd have to go to the River Walk for ice cream," he said.
We'd never heard of a River Walk in Jenks, but it turned out to be nearby along the Arkansas River. It was difficult to find a parking place, though, because they were having a craft show there. The thought of ice cream spurred us on, however, and after a few trips around the lot, we found our spot.
Tulsa's River Walk Crossing is nice. It is quite different from San Antonio's River Walk and Oklahoma City's Bricktown Canal area. It would be a great place to come for a day trip. Too bad we didn't take photographs, but we were no longer in that mode.
I learned later that the River Walk was the beginning of Tulsa's river development. Located at the west end of the 96th Street river bridge at Jenks, the facilities include a Amphitheater, Restaurants, Shops, River Walk Trail, and live entertainment. Located nearby is the Oklahoma Aquarium and the Antique Shops we visited. There are also River Parks, and a Walking Bridge across the River, shopping and restaurants. We might just have to go back before too long.
Before we headed for home, we had two enormous and expensive ice cream cones at the Marble Slab Creamery along the River Walk -- the perfect way to end a great vacation. Next Page