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Dinosaurs and hiking thanksgiving weekend

 

We headed to Norman, OK on the day after Thanksgiving to use our membership to Sam Noble Museum of Natural History before it expires. They have a new exhibit every couple of months (I believe) and right now they have Osage Wedding Dresses.

The kids love doing the scavenger hunt.

One of the statues had a spear… Their exhibits are so impressive. Next stop was Thunderbird State Park for a hike. They have a nice nature center also but it was not open. We did the Hendon’s Highway loop in the Clear Bay Area from an alltrails.com recommendation but it was a little boring for most of the kids. Most of my kids do better with something to climb on. The twins had stepped up on this bent tree so I got on to surprise them and squish them.

We all fit!

I actually preferred this day to the day before.

All the cooking was a bit stressful and the cold rain kept us inside most of the day.

Devil’s Den State Park ~Part 2

highlands leaves log trailsigns lakeWe went to Lake Fort Smith to hike on the Highlands Trail the day after Thanksgiving.

It is a 165 miles long national recreation trail in Arkansas!

We only did 5 miles of it though.

moss earlymorning dam logwalk devilsdenWe hiked the Lake trail and the Devil’s Den trail on Saturday.

We started back home on Sunday but stopped off at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

It is located near Fort Smith in Oklahoma.

lotsofgeese road mass reflection armadillo geeselook geeseflight geese owlflight birdtrail birds meI really enjoy looking at all the birds they have!

They do Eagle Watch tours also.

Part 1, here.

The boys had a great time and loved Devil’s Den!

My oldest was already asking when we could go again!