Oklahoma

I was really impressed with Southern Oklahoma's hill country. It was reminiscent of Southern Oregon. We found a lake to go swimming in and had a picnic lunch under some trees. The locals were pretty weird, and warned me that LAmLo should not go near the water, because a kid drowned in that lake once because her dad was taking a picture. I thought it was sad that a kid died there, but this lady was running around jabbering and yelling at her kids not to touch the "BUOY OF DEATH!" We then headed on to our campsite on a lake a few hours inland from Tulsa, in Wagoner - we saw this sign and couldn't figure out exactly what they sell in the shop - my bet was its a soup kitchen. . The high school was pretty slick too - . There we lots of geese, and our site was nice and isolated from other campers (AmLos don't mix well with the public). One of the highlights of the camping was a family who came down to the lake in their truck, promptly opened the doors, and cranked Cher's "Do you believe in life after love" while attempting to swing dance (i think). We really enjoyed the performance which lasted for the full track - they then jumped back in the truck and left - we were dumbfounded and impressed at the same time!
An example of Wagoner Architecture (obvious add on!)

Sights in the area included -

That night was our first time using all of our equipment. Everything went well except for the mattress - i'm writing this on the 14th - we camped on the 6th. My neck and back are still sore from that night - and we learned a great lesson - lay across the air tubes in the mattress - not parallel to them!

Oh and thanks to the dude with the warning sign in his front yard! We would have gotten a ticket for sure.....