Spent last night at Boiling Springs State Park, OK. The park is known for it’s several springs throughout the park. We took a walk through the largest spring area and were greeted by an armadillo! We are continuing our trek to Colorado. Oklahoma is long, dry, hot and flat. We can drive for miles and only see an occasional farm. Very different than the east coast! Tonight we are staying at “Drive-In” movie RV park....I have a feeling it will be great or dismal! 🤣
We arrived in Oklahoma today and were pleasantly surprised to see the sun! We are at Natural Falls State Park for one night. This is a small park but the falls are very special. The park has quite a history, dating back to the 1830s when the region was designated as the Cherokee Nation during the Indian Removal Act of 1830 (also known as the Trail of Tears, when the Cherokee were forced to relocate to the west). When the Civil War started, the tribe became divided and non-Indians began moving into the area illegally. In fact, this section of…
We arrived at Petit Jean State Park yesterday. This is a gorgeous state park, huge sites and on a lake. The park is located between the Ozark and Ouachita mountain ranges. The mountain received its name from the legend of Petit Jean a story of a French girl that disguised herself as a boy and secretly accompanied her sweetheart, a sailor, to America. The hike we wanted to do, is closed due to a storm that knocked down 400+ trees! The closure doesn’t really matter as we are socked in with rain all day. This is to be expected we…