Daniel and I decided to take a quick road trip to the Wichita Mountains. Yes, hard to believe but Oklahoma does have a mountain range. They are actually very cool. It's about an hour and a half south of OKC. Daniel had taken me once before. It was when we were dating. For his birthday we drove to Elk Mountain, hiked, climbed all the way up the boulder field to the top of the mountain, & picnic-ed. Oh, and.... I fell into a cactus, walked around a boulder and nearly bumped into a buffalo, very slowly backed AWAY from the buffalo, lost a toenail jumping over a HUGE crevice that I was sure I was going to fall to my death into, and then limped all the way back down the mountain through a sea of weeds, thorns and underbrush because we couldn't find the trail head down. I know this sounds facetious but it was a blast.......with a few rough spots. So, since we had a free weekend, back to Elk Mountain we headed. Here are a few photos.....
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| Super cool lizard. They seemed to be everywhere! |
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| Starting out. We're headed to Elk Mountain behind Daniel. |
At the base of the boulder field. Photos just don't do it justice.
In the valley surrounded by tons of gorgeous wild flowers!!
I don't know what this purple plant is but it's awesome! Sad it's blurry. A purple puff with yellow tips.
No this isn't zoomed in but don't worry, we're in the car ready to punch it if this guys decides to stand up.
We both made it through with nothing to report other than minor scrapes. It was super hot but we had a lot of fun enjoying the vast beauty & wonders of all the Lord has created! Of course we can't forget......A long day of hiking in the sun deserved a meal at Meers. It was an hour long wait in the middle of nowhere but we got our longhorn burgers and homemade ice cream before hitting the road back to OKC. MMMM!!
