Down in Oklahoma

[WRideout]

I was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, Army brat.And that's where I did my Field Artillery training. Going back there this Summer to visit

I was there in the 80's for Artillery Officer Basic course. Then again in the 90s for Advanced Course. Mt. Scott is a large hill near Ft. Sill from which you can see the Gulf of Mexico (almost). It is surrounded by a state park where they let buffalo and longhorn cattle run around loose. While there I went to visit my dad's relatives in Glenpool south of Tulsa. Oklahoma is a Southern state although no one wants to admit it.

Wayne

[jdgabbard]

I'm in Seminole but headed to Texas tomorrow morning. I'll be back to Ohio for the eclipse!

Gorgeous country is exactly what I was thinking when I got here.

Sounds like you're Driving down I-35. If you're coming back north through Oklahoma, do yourself a favor and drive up Hwy 75 / Hwy 69. About 45 miles north of the Texas border you'll drive through my native lands, and some of the most beautiful country in Oklahoma. Then you can take Hwy 43 in Stringtown east to either Hwy 2 or Hwy 1. Hwy 1 is the Talimena drive, and is a very popular destination. But Hwy 2 goes N/S, and is very beautiful as well. And if you really want to take some time driving the sights, got to Tahlequah, then take Hwy 62 east to Hwy 59 North until you get back to US 412. That is some really cool winding mountainous roads. Sometimes, under the right weather conditions it looks like something out of a German Fairytale...the landscape that is...

NE corner by Talequah or down towards Ardmore and the hills there....Really enjoy the
Wanamacher (sp?) show. My feet don't. Its amazing what you can find at the show. Lots of stuff to drool over.

Ardmore is a nice place. My father's family was originally from Lindsay, west of Pauls Valley. I grew up more to the SE in Atoka. Southern Oklahoma is quite the place.

As for the Wanenmacher, I made the mistake once of buying a case of 45acp first thing through the door. After about 2 hours of lugging that around I had to go take it to the car and drop it off.... People don't understand how incredibly massive that show is...or how far you gotta walk to the car with a case of 45acp ammo....

We need to keep it quiet about OK otherwise people will start moving here and we will no longer be considered "flyover country".

Yeah, as long as they're not from California or Colorado I'm willing to inspect them at the border....

...Glenpool south of Tulsa. Oklahoma is a Southern state although no one wants to admit it.

Wayne

It is a southern state to an extent. A lot of Western influence tho...Cowboys are native here. Some of the Plains Indians... Everything from plains to rolling hills to mountains. It's really not so easy to describe. Definitely gotta get off the main highways to see real Oklahoma though...

[MaryB]

I have outlaws errr cousins down there... haven't visited them in years...

[jdfoxinc]

I didn't lose anything in Tulsa so I got no reason to go back.

[alfadan]

JM Davis Gun Museum, Claremore OK. One of the top 5 gun museums in the US. My Grandparents were there and I grew up near there.
JW

Only saw half the museum once. I was actually tired of looking at guns by the end!

[jdgabbard]

I have outlaws errr cousins down there... haven't visited them in years...

Makes sense. Oklahoma was a rough place back in the 60s-80s. It was also once a hub for Outlaw Country, even having Country's version of Woodstock in 1975 - "48hrs in Atoka". Was very much the wild west into the 1980s, and started really cleaning up a little in the early 90s. One of my earliest memories as a kid was seeing a shootout between the Sheriff and a local at a gas station back around 87-88. Funny Story, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings are Deputies in Atoka....

[Bull]

We need to keep it quiet about OK otherwise people will start moving here and we will no longer be considered "flyover country".

I agree Skeet1. But I do think that most people on Cast Boolits would be fine, just don’t talk good about it on FB.

[Texas by God]

My father was born on the farm outside of Buffalo, Oklahoma. Red dirt desolation up there but I love it. His folks moved to Texas in 1938 to escape the dust bowl that was killing Dad. Dr. cut out a portion of his lung at age 8 and he lived to his early 90s.
Mom was born in Muleshoe, Texas - another desolate place that I love.
I’ve never been to the Arkansas side but I have heard that it is beautiful.
Other than too many toll roads and casinos- I like Oklahoma - even though they talk funny up there!


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[jdgabbard]

I like Oklahoma - even though they talk funny up there!


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That's the Appalachian in us. A large part of the population were of German/Irish decent from Kentucky and Tennessee. There are some people in the areas where Murphy and I are from that even I have a hard time understanding sometimes....

Not quite as bad as the German belt down there in Texas though...