Jul 25, 2009 - Thirty Eighth Day

7/25/09: This morning we went to see the Tenkiller Dam. Nothing special. Chris got to fish in the river just below the dam. He did not catch anything. There were quite a few fly fishermen in the river. Back at the RV Park, the kids went back to the river for swimming. Even though it was really hot and humid, I got a fire going for the kids to have s'mores. Tomorrow we can sleep late because the trip to the Arkansas RV Park is a short one, so the kids can go swimming in the morning before we leave.

Jul 24, 2009 - Thirty Seventh Day

7/24/09 BIRTHDAY! for Ryan and me. The boys were chomping at the bit this morning to get to the river (about 100 yards from our site) for swimming and fishing. This section of the river is about 15 yards wide. The Tenkiller dam about 5 miles upriver occasionally dumps water sending a rush of water and current through this spot. It was yesterday afternoon, but this morning the current is slow and the level is down. Muffin went swimming too and is having a ball. She walks along the rocky bank looking for fish. When I noticed about 30 large...

Jul 23, 2009 - Thirty Sixth Day

7/23/09 After leaving Oklahoma City, the scenery changed again. It went from flat and very little vegetation, other than vast sugar cane fields, to rolling hills covered with trees. This is more like the eastern part of the US. We got to Gore, OK, a really small town 6 miles off I 40, and arrived at the Marval RV Resort. The escort to our site took us by the Southern Illinois river frontage and the boys went crazy. Swimming and fishing went dancing though their heads. There are a lot of cabins along the river (1/2 mile frontage) and a lot...

Apr 1, 2008 - Chicken Creek, Gore, OK

We left Steve and Patti and headed to Oklahoma to camp with Wes and Tonia Williams. While we had not met them before, we felt we knew them. Wes is on the HitchHiker Forum like I am and we had email chatted. Wes wanted my King Pin Stabilizer, which I no longer use since I put Big Foot Levers on my trailer. Wes made arrangements for us to camp at Chicken Creek Corps of Engineers campground. Wes ended up changing our campsites since they were under water from a lot of rainfall filling the lake to excess capacity. Wes and Tonia showed us around...