Tag: John

  • Butterfield Hiking Trail

    Cedar Bluff State Park, KS, April 2025 The trail was in the south are of the reservoir and trailhead was right next to the Park Office on the other side of Pa’s Pond which is a youth and disabled stocked fishing pond. The trail has multiple stopping points with details about the reservoir, plants, and…

  • Agave Ridge Nature Trail

    Cedar Bluff State Park, KS, April 2025 Agave Ridge Nature Trail has a 1 mile loop and a longer 5.4 mile loop that includes the 1 mile loop. (FYI, the pamphlet pdfs will probably try to download.) Here is a pdf version of the pamphlet for the hiking trail. While looking for that, I found…

  • Archery and BMX Tack – Cedar Bluff State Park, KS

    Cedar Bluff State Park, KS, April 2025 Cedar Bluff State Park, KS has many outdoor activities including an archery range and BMX track. Yesterday, we bought new arrows so that John could test out the range. Today was a perfect day for practice. Little wind (that is for Kansas) and sunny. The hill behind the…

  • Acting like kids again!

    Salina Campground, KS, April 2025 Everyone who knows me has experienced my uncontrollable urge to goof around on playground equipment and just being silly. The campground had a large number entertainment from workout equipment to photo stand in boards, swing set and large chairs. I hope you enjoy seeing our antics. Since we are in…

  • Tornado Selfies Are Trending

    Salina Campground, KS, April 2025 Around 10 pm on Tuesday, April 1st, our phones went nuts with a tornado warning. I would have expected a tornado watch first, but no, just the warning. Shortly afterwards, it started to pour rain from the sky with pea sized hail. It was windy, but not tornado windy. The…

  • Day 1 – Lake Thunderbird State Park, OK Sunset

    Lake Thunderbird State Park, OK, March 2025 We have a great view of the lake from our trailer dining room take. Though these pictures were taken as we were talking around the park.

  • Highway 66 Museum, Clinton Oklahoma

    Clinton, OK, March 2025 I had to drag John to another place with cancel stamp. This was the Clinton, Oklahoma (same place the Highway 66 cafe) Highway 66 Museum. We started off with seeing the cement mixer that was used to make the road. I discovered I’m just as tall as the Coca Cola Safety…

  • 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…

  • Rhema Christmas Light

    Broken Arrow, OK (Click here for a high-res panorama. You will have to go back to return here.) Note: There are multiple images and videos of moderate to large size that might take some time to load. We are trying a static cover image for the video to make the page load faster. If you…

  • Making Christmas (Trees)

    Beggs, OK, December 2024 So, what do you do for a Christmas tree when your combined living room, kitchen, and dining room is about 13’x12′. You might think, “Oh, you buy a small tree and store it for the year!”. Except, we do not have enough storage space. “Oh, you buy a small tree, and…