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By Neil Johnson, and Shelley Stutchman
MEDICARE Groovy Things to do This Summer
Oh my, oh my, inflation, high gas prices, food prices rising all the time, interest rates soaring, and the stock market on a roller coaster ride, what are we seniors on fixed incomes to do? Senior citizens, just like any age, still want to have fun, but what will fit in our budget this summer?
Grab your lawn chair, sometimes a blanket on the ground is not comfortable, your favorite beverage, and head out to explore this summer.
Thank goodness for free events in Oklahoma City and surrounding areas that are groovy! Check out our groovy list for a few suggestions of senior-friendly free happenings.
Arcadia Farmer’s Market: Located 5 miles East of Edmond, OK, on Rte. 66
Visit the Arcadia Farmer’s Market for a fun family outing this summer. The First Southern Baptist Church of Arcadia provides free balloons for the kids and water for your pet. A free petting zoo lets you get up close and personal with the animals. You support local vendors if you choose to purchase something, but no purchases are necessary. All the products at this market are local Oklahoma items. New items are available each week. Another priceless moment you can’t buy with money may happen at the swing set. Kids put down their phones and iPad and fly high on the swings while squealing, “Higher, higher, grandpa.”
Heard on Hurd: Downtown Edmond S. Broadway between 1st and Hurd
This event is on the 3rd Saturday of each month from March to October. The event goes from six to ten p.m. Besides being free, it is family and dog-friendly, entertainment by musicians, and a monthly non-profit is featured.
Scissortail Park: 300 SW 7th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73109
Scissortail Park stays groovy all summer long. Here is just a sample of some free events you can go to this summer. Every Saturday from April to October, they have a Farmers Market. You can join a free walking club, pets on leashes welcome, every Thursday at nine a.m. The park has a superb free concert series from May to September. To find out which concerts you want to attend, check out the Scissortail Park Concerts 2022 website. They even have big-name stars like LeAnn Rimes performing for free.
Freedom Fest: Chisholm Trail Park, Yukon, Oklahoma.
This summer, strut your American pride by attending the patriotic tribute to the U.S. Armed Forces. Freedom Fest is Yukon’s two-day celebration on July 3 and July 4. Admission is free. You can enjoy free live outdoor concerts and a whopping big firework show both nights that start at 10 pm. Wear your red, white, and blue, and show that it is groovy to be a proud American.
McLoud Blackberry Festival: Veterans Memorial Park: 600 E. Park Street: McLoud
The McLoud Blackberry Festival is the longestrunning food-related festival in Oklahoma. The town received national media coverage in 1949 when the Blackberry Growers Association and the McLoud Chamber of Commerce sent a crate of berries via overnight air freight to President Harry Truman. He said they were the best he had ever tasted and then declared McLoud the “Blackberry Capital of the World.”
The 2022 Festival will happen Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9. Admission is free. You may want to spend a little money and treat yourself to something blackberry scrumptious. For your ultimate groovy blackberry experience, check out this festival.
Full Moon Bike Rides: Seasonal Plaza: 113 S Robinson Ave: OKC
You know you are groovy if you decide to be part of the full moon bike rides. Meet up with a group for a leisurely one-hour ride on the nights of the summer’s full moons. Downtown routes are precisely planned. If you don’t have a bike and helmet, you can rent one.
The dates of the rides are: Flower Moon, Monday, May 16, 8:30 pm Strawberry Moon, Tuesday, June 14, 8:30 pm Buck Moon, Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 pm Sturgeon Moon, Friday, August 12, 8:30 pm Corn Moon, Saturday, September 10, 7:30 pm Hunter Moon, Sunday, October 9, 7 pm
You can have a fun and free summer in Oklahoma full of adventures, music, group activities, and festivals. The livin’ is groovy in Oklahoma.
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Never Too Late
On Prime Video Review by Shelley Stutchman
Ready to curl up and watch a movie that could be the most beautiful movie about living life fully? After watching this flick, I thought, I am not sure any film will ever compare to this one in my lifetime.
Never Too Late on Prime Video is your must-watch movie. The movie starts with clips of the main characters daring escapes from captivity at the hands of the Viet Cong, thus earning the nickname the Chain Breakers. If you are a baby boomer, you will recognize many of the scenes and the great music of the 60s.
This movie is about second chances. It shows we are never too old to go after what we want. Even if we lose the zest for life for a moment in time, this movie shows how we can draw on the strength of our friends.
The antics to escape the long-term care VA facility are hilarious. The main character wanted to see the woman he should have married fifty years prior but didn’t. He and his friends plotted and planned, failed, and finally succeeded. The line in the movie, “At the heart of all great loves is a great friendship,” spoke to me about the meaning of love.
This movie teaches us that sometimes it takes a long time for a happy ending. The thing about happy endings is they don’t just happen. You make them happen. We all deserve happy endings.
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