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 was pretty short but with this short hike and walking around the park I felt extra confidence to attempt taking all five of my kids into a store.
We survived the store and I actually felt so good we ran into ANOTHER STORE!
I know! Crazy, right?
We played outside until dark because I feel better outside.
We were not there at a great time to see animals and I could not find a good place to go for a walk so we went to the Sequoyah State Park nearby.
They want to going camping there now.
The girl at the nature center was awesome with my kids and their thousands of questions.
We got to check off another Oklahoma State Park off the list last month!
This would be a nice park to camp at!