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March Blood Moon
Foss Lake State Park, OK A blood moon occurs during a total lunar eclipse, when the moon is on the night side of the earth (i.e., opposite side of the earth as the sun.) It is called a blood moon due to the reddish cast of the moon as it passes into the earth’s shadow.…
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Wind, Sand and Sunsets. Oh My..
Foss State Park is currently under a draught 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 same time. The alerts related to…
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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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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…