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Kate caught a Huge Fish!!
Foss State Park has the largest lake in western Oklahoma and 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 with catching. Then, I got lucky and caught a big…
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Oklahoma Route 66 Passport Book & Route 66 Cafe Clifton, OK
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 4 areas. Currently, we…
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Washita NWR: Centennial Trail
Washita National Wildlife Refuge, OK 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 park office…
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Did you know there are white deer that are not Albino
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 eyes are not red but brown.…
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Foss State Park Sunsets
As I promised from previous post, I was going to take additional sunset photos. I thoughts these were the best.
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Foss State Park Sunset Day 1
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 in the week and post. I…
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On the Right Tracks …
Foss State Park, OK 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 deer and…
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The Amazing Oklahoma Ice Storm
Even though we are done getting John’s Mom’s house ready for sale, we schedule extra weeks in Oklahoma at various parks before starting our trek north to Yellowstone. Most of Oklahoma was covered in Ice and Snow as a result of the Artic Blast. Today, I spent 30 minutes cleaning off my car. The unsuccessful…
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This is the End …
Okmulgee, OK my only friend, the end. (The Doors.) This is the end – of the dumpsters. This one had a lot more yard waste in it than the others. It also had some stuff from John’s brother’s and sister’s house. Dumpster #5 is only about 90%-95% full because some guy came by and offered…
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Sunset Over Dumpster #4
Okmulgee, OK Dumpster #4 is the last full dumpster we need for mom’s house. We think we only filled it about 95%. There is some space for flat stuff on top, but we did not have any flat trash left. Most of the items remaining in the house belong to John’s brother or are his…