On The Road Again!

We left Shawnee, OK the morning of July 6th and headed to Fort Supply, Oklahoma for our first night heading home. The trip up Hwy 177 was beautiful if ever Oklahoma was. The green rolling hills and farms were just magnificent. We are enjoying using backroads whenever we can, much less truck traffic and the scenery is much better.

Fort Supply is up in the Northwest corner of Oklahoma just before you enter the panhandle. The campground we stayed in was operated by the Corps of Engineers and was very nice. The only thing missing was bathrooms and showers in walking distance from our camping area. There were some in other areas that we could have used, but we still enjoyed our visit immensely.

It did cool off in the evening long enough to go for a walk by the lake and watch a Mississippi Kite pluck insects from the air ... a beautiful bird to see.  We also saw literally hundreds of Red-winged Blackbirds, and several flotillas of Canad Geese on the lake. A very nice spot.

We left Fort Supply this morning, July 7th, and headed into Kansas and Dodge City looking for Matt Dillon and Miss Kitty. Turns out that they were away on business so we made do by visiting the Dodge City Boot Hill Museum.

Even though it was a little touristy it was still fun and interesting. There were a few original buildings, some great artifacts and some true museum pieces on display. Called Boot Hill because of the old cemetary where they always buried them with their boots on. It was a good diversion, as we have a dear friend on our mind constantly today, who is having surgery.

Our campground here might not be to everyones liking but we are enjoying all it has to offer. A little rustic but good cable TV, internet and clean hot showers. Also quite a showing of King Birds nesting in the trees here. 

Tomorrow we are off to Lamar, CO after a fairly short drive, for another relaxing day on the road. We are both a little home sick and ready to see our little slice of heaven again soon.

More soon - Phil & Lydia