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Category: Sight Seeing

  • Wind, Sand and Sunsets. Oh My..

    Foss State Park, OK, March 2025 Foss State Park is currently under a drought warning, always has winds and has beautiful red soil. The area has been known as the dust bowl and hit hard in the 1930s where the dust storm devastated the Great Plains. We got to experience 3 alerts all at the…

  • Kate caught a Huge Fish!!

    Foss State Park, OK, March 2025 Foss State Park has the largest lake in western Oklahoma. It is known for fishing, so I had to give it a shot. I stood there for hours hoping for a fish to drive by. I had a large black fish drive by but no luck catching it. Then,…

  • Oklahoma Route 66 Passport Book & Route 66 Cafe Clifton, OK

    Clinton, OK, March 2025 John can attest to my obsession with passport books and cancel stamps. Passport books are soft covered books usually free and list attractions based on a theme like National Parks, State Parks, Finding Lincoln, etc. My new passport book is the “Oklahoma Route 66 Passport” The book splits the state into…

  • Washita NWR: Centennial Trail

    Washita National Wildlife Refuge, OK, March 2025 The state park and campgrounds are on the south eastern edge of Foss lake, and Washita National Wildlife Refuge is on the north western edge of Foss Lake. We had to go to Washita NWR because they have a cancel stamp for the national parks book. Sadly, the…

  • Did you know there are white deer that are not Albino

    Foss State Park, OK, March 2025 Growing up I always remember the albino deer at Fort McCoy. It was special when you caught sight of one. At Foss State Park visitors center, I learned that white deer exist that are not albino. There are white deer that have a little brown on them and the…

  • Foss State Park Sunsets

    Foss State Park, OK, March 2025 As I promised from previous post, I was going to take additional sunset photos. I thoughts these were the best.

  • Foss State Park Sunset Day 1

    Foss State Park, OK, March 2025 When we move to a new campground, we never know how great the sunset will be. At Foss State Park Oklahoma, our campsite was awesome sunsets. The picture below was taken the first night we arrived. I’ll take more with the sun a little higher in the horizon later…

  • On the Right Tracks …

    Foss State Park, OK, March 2025 Foss State Park has a lot of red clay, so many of the animal tracks are pretty clearly captured in the red soil. After looking through animal track identification pages, this is probably a raccoon track. Those should be the two fore feet of a raccoon. We saw many…

  • Did you say VW Camper Bus?

    Bixby, OK, December 2024 We were at a Volkswagen dealership who had a vintage VW Camper Bus. As you know, I love to sit in anything that is unique or different and had to give it a shot. At the same time, VW has just released an electric new camper bus version called the ID_Buzz.…

  • The Kansas Capital Building

    Topeka, KS There is No Place Like Dome Kate found out that you are allowed to attend a free tour that takes you up to the cupola and balcony at the top of the Kansas Capital Building. John found out that he is still afraid of heights. Kate came out ahead in this deal. Most…