Category Archives: Animals

Dallas Zoo

03/26/2018 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

Before we headed home from Dallas, we stopped at the Dallas Zoo.

It ended up being a great stop!

We have a local zoo pass that gives us a discount at some other zoo’s and we got 50% off!

That is a big deal when you are paying for 7 entrance fees. The zoo is set up so that you can do loops.

It was nice because we did not have to backtrack much at all and got to see everything in a shorter amount of time! So many of the exhibits were breathtakingly beautiful.

I felt like I was in a different place.

I definitely did not feel like I was still in Texas! It is always nice to wear out your kids before a long drive also… Those hands!!! So cute!

Even though I still felt like my kids needed to run laps by the end of our drive, I am glad that we started our trip home with a visit to this zoo!

I think they were a little tired for at least the first 30mins of driving 😉

Here is a video of our time in Dallas!

Animals, Parks

Foss State Park & Washita Wildlife Refuge ~Foss, OK

11/15/2017 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

The trip to Palo Duro was a bit too long to pull a camper in one day so I planned a stop around halfway.

Nick had to work on the day we left so we got to Foss State Park late in the day.

This dollar spot Target find worked out great to keep Little Bit entertained on the trip!

The full hookup sites that were open were a bit close together for me but it worked out.

I believe there are more available during the summer but they close some of the campgrounds in the winter.

The Washita Wildlife Refuge is right next to Foss State Park and I had been wanting to visit it for a while.

So we drove up to it and saw the rest of Foss State Park also the next day.

The lake water was so pretty and clear!

Look at this beautiful swimming beach at Foss State Park!

I can’t wait to go back when we can swim!

We did run into a problem with the wildlife refuge.

It happened to be one of the few days they closed areas of the refuge so people could hunt.

It was a bit disappointing but we went back the next day to hike the trails that had been closed.

Huge fields of white cotton!

So pretty!

This bridge was one of the few things open on the 1st day we visited.

There was a nice hiking trail right next to our campsite.

Nick is great at getting smiles and laughter for pics 🙂

I love how pretty Oklahoma grass is in the fall.

It lights up at sunset.

One of my kids took this, I did not get that close to a dead animal…

Foss State Park has a Bison Herd!

A quick trip back to Washita Wildlife Refuge before heading to Texas!

We saw so many deer!

And coot’s…

Even their signs had a southern accent…

A lot of easy, short hikes to see beautiful Oklahoma.

This lake was so beautiful!

I am so glad we stopped here!

Do you have a favorite state park where you live?

Here is a video of our time at the park and wildlife refuge!

Animals, Festivals

Shepherd’s Cross ~Claremore, OK

10/27/2017 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

Shepherd’s Cross has a really pretty farm with friendly people.

We went to their pumpkin patch while we had a friend staying with us two weeks ago.

This is a running farm so I do believe they have electric fences going, so be careful with little ones.

My strategy when we have extra kids around?

All the fun things possible.

As little downtime as we can manage.

So, of course, I did quick face paint before we went.

My nine year old requested a 19th century English Gentlemen.

They have a lot of free things to do, including games and a hay maze.

Such a pretty location.

Cuties.

The staff is very nice and informative.

This is what a worn out 3yr old looks like…

She was done waiting for the others to finish coloring.

Do you have a favorite pumpkin patch?