Tag Archives: Oklahoma

Museums/Events, My Family

Science Museum of Oklahoma ~OKC

01/30/2018 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

We finally made it back to the OKC Science Museum!

I think it was over a year since our last trip.

I love this kind of quiet calm area where you can sit and just watch the marble run’s.

So needed is such a huge place that is often loud.

My kids will really just sit and watch them for a long time!

We brought a friend with us so we had six kids for this trip.

So many great places to invent and explore!

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This girl is way cooler than me…

Yes I take a lot of pictures if I like light.

My second oldest will just stay in one area and quietly work.

Chaos all around and he does not even twitch.

I think he could do just one thing for hours.

I was already getting tired from all the noise and people so I found a little corner to sit and take pictures while Nick helped all the children do an art project.

I am super helpful like that…

He knows so much, I love watching him explain things to the kids.

We spent so much time in CurioCity that we barely touched the other parts of the museum this time.

I am so glad that we have such an amazing museum close to us!

It is such a gift to watch kids learn and explore(while they think they are playing).

This is an Oklahoma Museum Network museum so if you buy the pass you can get into this one as well!

We are a large family so we buy a membership to the museum we will go to the most and then add on the OMN upgrade.

We end up having to buy a few tickets at each OMN museum we visit.

It is still a really good deal though.

So many great museums on that pass!

Camping, Hiking, Parks, Recreation Area

McGee State Park ~Atoka, OK

01/26/2018 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

We stopped at an Oklahoma State Park on the way to Dinosaur Valley State Park since the drive straight there was a bit long.

Especially since we leave Friday after Nick is done with work.

McGee State Park ended up being about halfway and was a beautiful surprise.

Pine forest, beautiful lake, and a lot of hiking nearby.

She might need to work on her catch.

Home away from home.

The boys were determined to build a bridge to the big rock.

The McGee Creek State Park Natural Scenic Recreation Area is just north of the main park.

You have to get a permit to hike there though.

The permits are available at the office and it was a very easy process.

They do limit the number of permits they give out each day though so keep that in mind if you go during a busy time of the year.

It was pretty empty while we were there.

We did the nature trail first and it was a nice easy hike.

We also went on the west branch hike because they recommended it.

The boys were asking him questions about inventions almost the whole time.

They have learned quickly that their dad is much better than I at helping them in that area.

The twins saw Nick blow a raspberry on Little Bit’s cheek and insisted he do it to them.

My kids are the best camera blockers ever…

Such adorable expressions.

We left after the hike to head to Dinosaur Valley.

I realized to late that we were supposed to leave right away to make it to the Creation Museum in Glen Rose before it closed!

Oops!

It was only going to be open on that day also so we missed it this trip!

My awesome planning landed us in Dallas at rush hour also…

I am glad I was not driving.

If I was driving we would have been pulling over and waiting for night to fall.

I don’t like traffic.

Especially with a 30ft trailer…

A short video of our time there.

Hiking, Recreation Area

1st Day Hike! ~2018

01/18/2018 Danielle Huddleston 4 Comments

Because it was cold, I ended up only taking one hiking with me this year for the first hike.

We went to the Washington Irving Scenic Trail at Washington Irving South Recreation Area.

The recreation area does have a $5 day use fee.

This swimming beach looks beautiful.

We did run into some sand burs while walking around though so you would want to be careful near the grass at all.

Ice!

The trail was located on the north side of the park.

It was a little hard for us to find but it is a pretty small park so not too bad.

There is a parking lot right next to the trail.

Some of the trail markers might be hard to find.

I liked reading the little bits of history along the trail.

Taking along another photographer was so fun!

It was hard to read this sign but it said something about treasure hidden in a cave that is now under Lake Keystone.

I tried to convince my son to brave the freezing temps and find the money for his Dad’s retirement…

He did not care about his parents happiness apparently.

The ice probably helps insulate it so that if he dove down it would be warm…

We lost the trail at this point.

I had already heard from someone else that it kind of disappears.

We ended up turning around so round trip was just over a mile.

I am so used to hiking with 5 kids.

This hike was so QUIET.

It was a nice way to start the year.

We saw a lot of deer!

Do you participate in the 1st day hike?

If not do you have another fun tradition for the 1st day of the year?

You can check out my video to see what the trail is like.