Great Salt Plains
Friend, Dannelle
At "the plains"
The lake around the plains. The water was VERY cold.Saturday, March 21, 2009
Pictures from our camping trip
Great Salt PlainsFriend, DannelleAt "the plains"The lake around the plains. The water was VERY cold.
Long Time No Update!
I have friends who keep up with their blogs so well and I feel like such a slacker! It's even spring break and I haven't been able to motivate myself. Well, here I am, much to the relief of everyone, I'm sure.
Our spring break has been somewhat uneventful. We have watched alot of TV and played alot of Wii. Boredom has set in and we are both ready for school to start again!
We did get to go camping for the first time this year. We love to camp. We learned last year that we absolutely cannot camp if the night will be colder than 50! Monday night was going to be right around 50 degrees, so we suckered a friend of ours into going with us. After an earlier trip down many dirt roads in northeastern Oklahoma, we had the inspiration to go to the Great Salt Plains in Jet. If I've ever been there, it was much earlier in my life and I don't remember. So we took out and headed north. We found a decent campsite (with electricity and water of course) and set up overlooking the river. The only downside to the site was the PLETHORA of stickers! We got the tent up and everything loaded and made dinner (electric skillet spaghetti!). There was still a burn ban in the park, unless you built a fire in the grill, so we made a big enough fire to make s'mores (or smears as Colton called them).
The night was pretty cold, but we were prepared, so it wasn't too bad. Pancakes and sausage for breakfast. We packed everything up into the car except the tent (it was still dewy) and went out to explore the salt plains.
You cannot get to the actual plains until April 1st (so the signs say), but we did get to go up on an observation tower and take some pictures. Packed up the tent and headed home. It was a great trip to get us started for the season!
The rest of spring break faded away in boredom. Baseball for Colton starts next week, so maybe there will be more time to update? Maybe less. Who knows!
I can't get a picture to post, but I'll try again later.
Our spring break has been somewhat uneventful. We have watched alot of TV and played alot of Wii. Boredom has set in and we are both ready for school to start again!
We did get to go camping for the first time this year. We love to camp. We learned last year that we absolutely cannot camp if the night will be colder than 50! Monday night was going to be right around 50 degrees, so we suckered a friend of ours into going with us. After an earlier trip down many dirt roads in northeastern Oklahoma, we had the inspiration to go to the Great Salt Plains in Jet. If I've ever been there, it was much earlier in my life and I don't remember. So we took out and headed north. We found a decent campsite (with electricity and water of course) and set up overlooking the river. The only downside to the site was the PLETHORA of stickers! We got the tent up and everything loaded and made dinner (electric skillet spaghetti!). There was still a burn ban in the park, unless you built a fire in the grill, so we made a big enough fire to make s'mores (or smears as Colton called them).
The night was pretty cold, but we were prepared, so it wasn't too bad. Pancakes and sausage for breakfast. We packed everything up into the car except the tent (it was still dewy) and went out to explore the salt plains.
You cannot get to the actual plains until April 1st (so the signs say), but we did get to go up on an observation tower and take some pictures. Packed up the tent and headed home. It was a great trip to get us started for the season!
The rest of spring break faded away in boredom. Baseball for Colton starts next week, so maybe there will be more time to update? Maybe less. Who knows!
I can't get a picture to post, but I'll try again later.
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