Adventures of Southwest Oklahoma

A couple weekends ago the hubs and I made our first road trip....all the way to Southwest Oklahoma to visit my parents ha.  My parents moved to the big town of Hobart, OK a few years ago.  It's about a 3 1/2-4 hour drive from Tulsa.  If you know me and the relationship I have with my mother, you will know that this is WAY too far.  Thank goodness for cell phones and texting.  Ricky and I hadn't seen them since the wedding and things were finally settling down so we made a weekend trip of it.  

We met my parents in Clinton on Friday night for dinner and while waiting we visited the Cherokee Trading Post where Ricky posted for this picture.

The next day the guys went to play golf while mom and I entertained ourselves.  For dinner they took us to this place called Meers.  Here is more information about the restaurant.  It was really neat.

RC Diet Cola served in Mason Jars

Some decor

Never know about those loose women

Famous Meersburger.  No worries, Ricky ate the whole thing.

You have to have homemade cheery cobbler with homemade ice cream if it's offered

 Following dinner, we drove back to Hobart the other way....through the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Reserve.  Here is some info from the website:

Established in 1901,Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge is one of more than 546 refuges throughout the United States managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service. The 59,020 acre Refuge hosts a rare piece of the past - a remnant mixed grass prairie, an island where the natural grasslands escaped destruction because the rocks underfoot defeated the plow.

The Refuge provides habitat for large native grazing animals such as American bison, Rocky Mountain elk, and white-tailed deer. Texas longhorn cattle also share the Refuge rangelands as a cultural and historical legacy species. More than 50 mammal, 240 bird, 64 reptile and amphibian, 36 fish, and 806 plant species thrive on this important refuge.

Pretty cool huh. So on our drive through, we encountered wildlife of all sorts.

Yes that is a buffalo crossing the road, quite slowly I might add

Deer and their baby

Prairie Dog (they have their own village basically)

More Prairie Dogs

We saw this scampering in the pasture, we think it was a coyote.

Another reason I love Oklahoma, beautiful summer sunset.

So if you ever want to take a weekend get-away.  You should really check out Southwest Oklahoma.  There is a really nice resort close to Altus.  It's called Quartz Mountain.  You can stay there and go check out all of these small town restaurants that make it so unique.  Don't forget about the wildlife reserve :)