Traveling through Oklahoma

Monday, June 28 was mostly a driving day. Traveling through Oklahoma Indian Land with few places of interest to stop. We tried to visit this museum, but it’s closed on Monday.

We did find this nice little park with an historical marker.

And silhouetted depiction of the cattle drive.

This town had a mural about the oil industry.

We found another beautiful COE campground on Canton Lake near the OK panhandle. Again we had a site right on the water.

Another view of the lake.

With a nice breeze, finally it’s cool enough to sit outside. In fact I’m sitting at the picnic table to write this.

Don’t try this at home.

Sunset at Canton Lake.

Sunrise was impressive too.

This is the prettiest dump station I’ve ever seen at a campground.

The cg host was mighty proud of his efforts. Raised the money for trees and flowers by picking up cans in the cg.

The town of Woodward, OK is rich with history and local flavor. We stopped at this excellent museum for the history.

Murals on the wall were painted by a local artist and depict historical events in the region. This one shows Col. Geo. Custer riding out of nearby Fort Supply to hunt Indians.

This one depicts the flamboyant youngest son of Sam Houston, Temple Lea Houston, who was an F. Lee Bailey style lawyer in Woodward, defending murderers and robbers. (Yellow vest)

The artist, Paul Laune, was known to paint real local people, including himself as a young boy in his paintings.

The church depicted here is still standing, and still in use.

I thought the fact that this buggy was purchased from Montgomery Ward was interesting.

Then we tested local flavor at Waggs Bar-B-Q, known for its decor and collection of western art, as well as its menu.

The outside:

Inside:

Some of the artwork:

Salad bar in a vintage car.

The Pigg Hip sandwich was good.

Scenes from western Oklahoma.

Our last night in OK was at Black Mesa State Park in the far northwest corner of the panhandle near the CO & NM borders.

A lava capped plateau, Black Mesa features the highest point in OK, an elevation of 4,973 ft.

Free range cattle...we were waiting patiently for them to pass; a farmer coming the other way tooted his horn and they scooted right out of the road.

Jackrabbit

Hiking the nature trail

Scenes from the campground:

Resting in the evening.

Leaving in the morning we stopped for an antelope

And a cattle drive

Then on to New Mexico....I think they need a new sign.