This is my second time visiting the Black Mesa State Park.
I went during the middle of the day the last time and had a hard time seeing the beauty of the place so I wanted to spend a couple of nights there this time.
I have found that most places are beautiful at sunset and sunrise and thought this park might shine the brightest at those times.
I was right, I fell in love the with the open spaces and desert landscape.
Some of my kids learned the hard way that you need to be gentle with the plants.
And that the plants will defend themselves…

I was sad I could not make it to Oklahoma’s Highest Point.
I am just not at the point I can hike that far yet.
We did find the dinosaur tracks that are right across from the preserve though!
My dinosaur loving second oldest loved that and the dinosaur pit!

The pit was harder to find but he was excited to find it.
My kids were a lot more excited about this spot near the park where you can be in three states at once!
My favorite thing to do on trips is keeping moving and see everything.
So my lists for our trips of things to do is CRAZY looking!
Ha
Anyone else do that?






It has a lot of up and down and uneven terrain but it is beautiful.




I was shocked to see she was right!
My husband scooped it up with a leaf and put it up in a tree so it could take off.

Tuesday actually went okay but the next day I decided to do a normal school day and we stayed home.
Apparently we do better when we only do fun things all day.






All this energy should not be kept inside all day…




Glad we are back to 2 adults per 5 kids.