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At the Lake with my 8yr old!

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After the USS Batfish, the boys and I met some friends at Tenkiller State Park to swim!

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The boys spent a lot of time trying to catch the fish.

There were a lot of them!

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My 8yr old!

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After the lake we headed home for presents and cake!

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No matter how many legos they get they are always excited to get more…

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He picked a confetti cake icing.

He also wanted cotton candy ice cream(really! Yuck!)

I talked him out of it.

It just sounded too disgusting to me!

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The rest of the evening were spent peacefully(for the most part) assembling lego sets.

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What do you do for birthdays?

Lake Tenkiller ~Strayhorn Landing & Hickory Flats

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We first swam at Strayhorn Landing on Lake Tenkiller.

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It is a nice rocky swimming area.

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The boys had a lot of fun playing around and practicing their swimming.

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There is a nature trail between Strayhorn Landing and Tenkiller State Park.

It is only a mile out and back (two miles total) but I was not really dressed appropriately.

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It just goes from a parking lot to the Overlook park.

You can drive to the overlook park as well.

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We stopped at the Nature Center in Tenkiller State Park and happened to be there when they were feeding the snakes.

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These rodents have zero survival skills…

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We also went to the Hickory Flats area in the state park, it was a no fee area for swimming.

It had a really nice beach area but was really crowded so we went to a creek at goose neck bend to let the boys swim.

This lake has really nice clear water and I can’t wait to take the boys during the week when it might be a little less crowded!

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Have you swam in Lake Tenkiller?

Do you have a favorite area?