Category Archives: travel
Day 2, July Escape 2013: Palo Duro Canyon & Santa Fe
Trip Date: July 11, 2013 This year Wendy Kemp joined me for my traditional vacation from the hot and sweltering Oklahoma summer. I’ve already posted about Day 1, our first visit to Palo Duro Canyon for the Texas! musical. DAY … Continue reading
Day 1, July Escape 2013: Canyon, Texas
Trip Date: July 10, 2013 This year Wendy Kemp joined me for my traditional vacation from the hot and sweltering Oklahoma summer. We’ve taken “trips” together before, but she said this was our first “vacation” since we vacated the state … Continue reading
Hot Time at Robbers Cave
June 28-30, 2013 I’ve been hiking at Robbers Cave State Park about twice per year since 2009. My latest visit was prompted by my colleague and friend Betty Henderson. Her husband, John, would be riding his mule on some of … Continue reading
Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie
June 19, 2013 Store’s gone, post office gone, train gone, school gone, oil gone, boys and girls gone — only thing not gone is graveyard and it git bigger. –Foraker resident I live on the southeastern edge of the vast … Continue reading
Oxley
June 12, 2013 My friends and fellow teachers Linda Shipley and Susan Staats joined me for a 4.35 mile walk at Tulsa’s Oxley Nature Center. We trod portions of a long list of short trails: Meadowlark Prairie, Red Fox, Woodpecker, … Continue reading
Meador Manor 