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| Prepare for Pumpkin Death!! |
October and November oh what fun we try to have! Along with our usual Happy Hours and dinners together we managed to get out of town a couple times.
We had tons of fun gutting the stinky pumpkin and roasting pumpkin seeds with some Cajun flare.
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| Now thats some guts!! |
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| The Results -TIKIumpkin!! |
Stephen also celebrated another Birthday in this world on the 29th. We had a combo weekend trip for Halloween and the big BDay to head to New Mexico but the job canned that plan. Never fear we simply made another plan!
Off to Arbuckle Wilderness and a Turner Falls camping trip! To our surprise we amazed by the beauty of the falls and beautiful nature surrounding us. Of course in our way we had a ton of laughs. We headed to big OK state in the morning with sandwichs and sodas for snacks along with our camp gear for a weekend. Sandwich maker was a little bread happy as our stacked delights had double bread in the center.. mmmm good anyways.
As we arrived to the Turner Falls park we were pleased to see not so many people :) We drove around to find our perfect spot to set up camp. We saw several areas right on the water but then we spotted the perfect little nook across the water. Ah Ha! Thats where we want to camp, hmmmm looks like we must walk thru a little water to do so! Pull off our shoes and socks and walk across the little fall to find exactly what we wanted. Seclusion! Brrrr the water was cold and clear!!
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| Thats our camp over there! SO Peaceful! |
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| Crystal Clear but Brr Cold!! |
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| Our little home for the weekend! |
After camp was set up we decided to head for a bite to eat and the Arbuckle Wilderness park. Not much around the area so we fell into the billboard restaurant guide. A&W Root Beer burgers!! Sounded so good so we take the exit as instructed to find our eatery is part of a gas station with booths, gas, and beer! Ordered our burgers and root beer and scrafed them down. Yummy. Now it is time to go to the park! Once again we arrive at a park with few others in site. This is a safari type park where you drive thru to see the animals. We quickly found out the animals chase you for attention!!
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Arbuckle Wilderness Park - Oklahoma
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| See the chasing Begins yikessss! |
As we begin our drive into the park we are greeted by Muppet type animals!! Found ourselves a little freaked out by how domesticated the furry and feathered creatures were.
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| Yep thats for real 4 legged furry creature |
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| Dude I must sniff as I cannot see |
Here comes our camel, big and trotting towards us. I wanted to crawl in the back of the truck badly to get closer to the animals but was asked not to nicely -plus didnt want to get us kicked out of the park! The camel was much bigger up close and personal. The camel persuaded us to let the window down. My o my suddenly Stephen has a huge camel head in his lap, he is enormous, snorting and hunting. AH HA he finds a root beer amongst our nervous giggles. He graps the drink and starts nodding his way out of truck as we try to help keep the cup upright, we quickly discovered the camel didnt want any help! Camel has the drink, we look back and he is gulping that root beer down. :)
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| Trotting Camel Coming |
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| Scary Bird!! |
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| WTH? Dino Feet |
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| Yak-yakity yak yak |
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| Too Cute |
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| Finally touched a Zebra!! |
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| Stephens Buffalo |
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| Was this guy on the Lion King? |
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| Hungry Hungry Hippo!!! |
We saw tons of animals, some up close, some not so cute, some very scary, after & during encounters. Ostrichs with their big 3 toe feet freak us out, our blonde highlights yak was fun, never forget the buffalo. What a beautiful buffalo specimen!!
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| What ?? I surrender Promise! |
We recommend this getaway for a weekend with a few cautionary statements.
Beware of where you park at Turner Falls- They have big ditches which little red mazda trucks dont like! Remember the racoons even come visit when there is no food.
Arbuckle be sure to ether have a snack for the big guys or no food at all. I say no food at all.
Halloween night camping is certainly recommended if you are need of some "Quality Time" set away from the coporate grind.
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