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Chickasaw National Recreation Area ~Sulpher, OK

The Chickasaw National Recreation Area was once Platt National Park and is a beautiful little area in South Central Oklahoma.There are beautiful springs and waterfalls on an easy trail by the nature center.

We only stayed one night there because our plan was to stay at a Wildlife Management Area for most of the trip.

So we did not have much time to explore but I would like to go back, preferably when it is not the week of spring break. My kids want to go back in the summer to swim! The sites are nice and not too close together.

It was nice to have power and water in the new rig also! We did not run water into our tanks still though, we tend to wait until all danger of freezing is over for that.

We basically stayed here because we needed to dump our tanks and it seemed a better value to pay for a night of camping then to just dump our tanks at most places.

We left right after our walk around the springs and headed to a spot called Blue River.

It was a beautiful area but very popular and pretty full so we checked out another spot and hit the jackpot!

Our tire also shredded on the way to the blue river spot!

Thankfully there was enough room to pull over and fix it!

I will share pics of where we ended up staying next!

McGee State Park ~Atoka, OK

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.

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

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

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She might need to work on her catch.

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Home away from home.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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My kids are the best camera blockers ever…

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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.

Cataract Falls ~Spencer, IN

We went to the wrong part of Lieber State Recreation Area to start with!

Which is of course a great way to start a long day of driving…

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We did get to see this turtle, a flooded road, and a pretty path though on our scenic route…

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Cataract Falls is actually over 30mins south of the main recreation area.

I have been there before, oops…

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There is a fee for getting into the Recreation Area.

It is around $5 though per car.

So not bad.

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We are learning about bridges soon so I found the different way this one was built interesting.

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The lower falls was flooded so we ended up only seeing the upper falls this time but it was impressive!

Beautiful place!