Daily Archives: July 13, 2015
Another Fun Day . . .
Jan and I headed out about 10:45 for another day of fun, starting with meeting Sonja and Lendel at Bob’s Pig Shop.
In business since 1933, and acknowledged as one of the oldest continuously operating businesses in the state of Oklahoma, Bob’s Pig Shop is one of those neighborhood places where multiple generations have eaten.
While Sonja and Lendel got their favorites, Jan got the Pig Sandwich with Seasoned Fries. As for my meal, I wanted to try a little of everything, so I got the Combo Plate.
It had a Rib, Sliced Pork Loin, and Brisket, along with Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, and Baked Beans. It was all really delicious, especially once I asked for their much hotter BBQ sauce. And I had some BBQ to take home as well.
Leaving Bob’s we followed Sonja back over to their house where we left our truck, and all headed out for a tour of the Oklahoma countryside. Working our way south through a lot of pretty scenery, we first ended up at Turner Falls, a well-known swimming hole near Davis, OK.
With all the rain they’ve had recently, the rivers and streams are running high, and are just perfect for swimming. Nearby the Falls is Collings Castle, looking like it would be more at home in the English countryside than Oklahoma.
Built in the 1930’s as a summer house for Ellsworth Collings, an OU college professor and dean, it fell into disrepair after his death and passed through several owners before being bought by the city of Davis, who also owns the adjacent Falls.
In the near future they hope to refurbish the place and turn it into a museum and visitor’s center.
Along the way, we also passed through the Arbuckle Mountain area, home to a vast array of different types of rock. So much so that geology students come from all over the US to study the area.
Some of the rock formations show such violent upheaval that strata lines run straight up and down, instead of the normal horizontal lines.
Later down the road, we drove through Sulphur Park, an area with artesian wells and sulfur springs. Indian tribes once used the waters as healing potions, and even today people take the water home to drink for its properties. Mostly now it’s a great swimming area for the kids. Driving through this area, we saw a lot of deer right along the roadway, feasting on the many bodark apples on the ground.
Finally getting back to Sonja and Lendel’s about 3:30 we read, rested, and napped until it was time for supper. We had planned to have dinner at Punkin’s BBQ, but found them closed on Monday’s. So since we had planned to have our last meal at Tio’s Mexican Restaurant tomorrow night, we flip-flopped things and had Tio’s tonight. So we’ll have Punkin’s tomorrow night.
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Thought for the Day:
How to Tell You’re in the Country.
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