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8 things you experience when your rural Oklahoma parents visit the metro for a weekend

10:47 AM EDT on April 17, 2019

When I was a kid, Oklahoma City was a vacation wonderland of endless Red Lobster shrimp scampi and hours-long trips to the Penn Square Mall. Now since the metro has been my home for nearly five years, I forget how spoiled I am to be so close to entertainment, good food, and pizza that delivers after 9:00 PM. This past weekend my parents made the two-hour trek from Elk City, America to join us in enjoying a weekend in “the city.” Here are 8 things you experience when your rural Oklahoma parents visit the metro for the weekend.