A Day With Dakota & Katie

We went over to the kids house yesterday and had a great day. Started off we just went to Wal-Mart and picked up some hoses to finish hooking up bathroom new faucet Katie was replacing. Then Dakota wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese, So you all know where we went next. Yep grampa is a big sucker and off to Chuck E Cheese we went. Had a great time. I took a few pics for all to see.

After that we went out to the campgrounds and just hung out. While there I hooked up the bike stroller. At first Dakota didn't want anything to do with it. After I got her to go for the first ride you couldn't get her out, so we went around and around and around and around and around and around the campgrounds. LOL After that we grilled some chicken and had a good meal with them. Took them home alittle after dark. IT WAS A GREAT DAY.

We're in Texas

We left Oklahoma at 8:30am Friday 11/28. IT was sad to leave,as we became close to the kids in the five weeks we were there. But it was time to move on.

We arrived in Lampasas Texas at 2:30pm. It was a nice drive. Not alot of traffic, which surprised me seeing how it was Black Friday. The rout we took US281 all the way from Lawton,Ok. to Lampasas,Tx. Alot of small towns, but no big ones that draws all those shoppers, thank god.

The campgrounds is really nice. It is very laid back and easy going. Very friendly owners and guest. Very pet friendly. It has chickens running around. One camper has a pet pygmy goat that thinks it is human. Dogs and cats just roam free but well mannered so they are not a nuisance. I think we are going to enjoy our stay here.

The landscaping is nice. You can see they take pride in their park. I put some pics in to show the park and our lot. The one pic of the building is the laundry and bath house. Although it looks small from the pic it is real nice.

We went to see Katie and Dakota last night and had a good visit. Dakota wanted to go home with us so we took her and tried to keep her the night. NOT. At 10:00pm it was MOMMY time and home we went. LOL. WE tried. She had fun till then playing with puzzles and coloring. Even played hide and seek with us. Lots of fun having the grand kids around.

Staying on a Army Post

Staying on the Fort Sill Army Post can be noisy at times. We aren't very far off the area that they practice artillery. We hear daily gun fire and alot of bigger stuff that I don't know what it is. Helicopters all the time and sometimes they practice shooting their guns just over the hill from where we are. What really got are attention was the jets flying right over head, then the really big boom right after the passed. They were dropping bombs just over the hill from us. Now that will get your attention quick. The whole area shakes and you can feel the percussion thru your body. Denise was freakin out. I told her to relax, they weren't mad at us and I think that they are good shots.

Here's some pics that you can see how close the bombs were and some helicopters.

Another Week IN Oklahoma

Well we survived another week in Oklahoma. The grand kids spent the weekend and Tuesday night. Wednesday we took the boat out on Lake Elmer Thomas. It's a beautiful lake that is alot bigger that it looks from the campgrounds. It is an idle only lake, so it took a while to get around it.

We got over to the north side and Jake asked what that was. He was pointing at a Buffalo. It was standing on the edge of the lake and was not afraid of us at all. We went back to the truck because we forgot the camera. Got the camera and went back to the buffalo and took some pics. We also took some of the Long Horns grazing near by.

The weather has been beautiful, in the mid to high 70's every day. Some days the wind is gusty but alot better than rain or SNOW !!! LOL

Oh ya Denise's cactus is doing good.

Sight Seeing

While in Oklahoma we have been checking out the area we are in. As the earlier post show we visited Scott Mountain. Since then we have drove around the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge. We have seen Longhorns, prairie dogs and Bison on free range. We have checked out a campground in the area. Doris Campground is in the Refuge and is a nice camp if you like being in the wilderness. It has full hookup down to rustic sites and the deer come right up to you looking for a hand outs.

Oh ya I have to mention that Denise is very fascinated with the Prairie Dogs. I think she wants to take one with us. I don't know who was more fascinated her or Romeo. Romeo wants to get out and play with them.

Denise has already stolen a couple of cactuses and has them planted in a cut off softener bottle. By the way don't handle these without good gloves on as the stickers will stay in your hands. LOL

Went to the Holy City and spent a couple hours looking around. This is the web site if anyone wants to look at what it is about. http://www.theholycitylawton.com/aboutus2.htm

Went to Meers, Oklahoma just north of the refuge and had Oklahoma's best hamburger. That is rated by the Food Channel. Here is the web site on that. http://www.meersstore.com/ it is pretty interesting as it is out in the middle of nowhere and the place was packed when we got there at 11:30 am on a Wednesday. A lot of military eat there. The Meers Burger was everything the web site said it was. Will go back again and again I'm sure.


I'm putting a few pics of these adventures for all your eyes to see.

A Day With Grand Kids

On Sunday 10/25 we spent the day with Jake & Courtney. Denise took them to play Putt Putt. The Putt Putt is right in our park so that was easy.

We went to Scott Mountain which you can see from our park, but it took us almost an hour to get there because we had to find a gate open to get off post on Sunday and it was on the other side of the post. It was worth the drive as we really enjoyed the scenery. Took lots of pics. I included a few pics for you to see. 1 is just a pic of scenery from the top. 1 you can see the campgrounds we're in off in the distance if you look close. It's on the back side of the lake. If you click on pic it will enlarge it and you will see the camp easier.

Oklahoma

We arrived on 10/24 a 5hrs drive from Coffeyville, Kansas. The weather was 75 degrees and sunny. What a change from Kansas.

First thing we did was pick up the grand kids, then we went and found the campgrounds. Courtney and Jacob helped set up camp then spent the night with us. BOY IS THIS BETTER THAN Amazon.com. LOL

Here is some pics of the camp and the surrounding area. It is on the Fort Sill post. We are real close to the lake and it is beautiful here.

Gotta go now as Jake is making me find all the words in the word search.