May 8, 2010

We are now in Foss Lake State Park,OK about 60 miles from the Texas Border. Other than one idiot who passed me on the right side as I was moving over one lane, it was an uneventful trip. Stopped at the WalMart in El Reno and bought a few things that we needed. Joyce has seen lots of wildflowers today. I have seen lots of highway. We did have a special treat this evening as we drove around the park and the adjacent Nahitisha Wildlife Preserve. We saw several “Split-tailed Flycatchers”. They are the state bird of Oklahoma and quite pretty. Unable to use the internet tonight since my data plan is on roaming. Hopefully tomorrow I can post this to my blog.

Of interest is that Foss Lake has 60 miles of shoreline and a surface area of 8300 acres. The dam is 3 miles long and 124 ft. tall. When it was built in 1962 it was one of the largest earthen dams. There is also a small Bison herd here, which we have not seen, behind the Park Office.

Before statehood this area was an Indian reservation, but I am not sure of which tribe or tribes.