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Hawthorn Bluff Campground ~Lake Oolagah

06/15/2022 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

We did another week of living life in the rv while Nick went to work! This time at Lake Oolagah!

I thought we would be staying in a lakeside spot like last time but the site map for booking ended up being a bit off and we were just on the otherside of the road.

It ended up being a blessing because I was not sure if I wanted to worry about kids near the cliff all week anyway.

I had lots of plans to visit the surrounding area while we were rving starting with day one!

Then I realized I had left my purse in my husbands vehicle…

It ended up being a perfect low key day though!

We hiked at the Skull Trail and took the longest loop which follows near the lake mostly.

It’s about 1 mile long for the longest loop

These guys and pill bugs were all over the trees!

We went swimming later at the swimming area near our campground

It rained a lot for the whole week but we were able to go to Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch still.

I wanted to hike the next day but it was going to storm so we quickly checked out the Teaching Garden in Claremore and then headed to the Will Rogers Museum

All the rain meant the dam near us was overflowing and had lots of birds.

This little guy blocked our trail on our way back from the swimming beach to our campground one day!!!!!! My youngest son almost stepped on it!

We checked out the Summerfest at Collinsville and it was a beautiful way to end the day.

They have it on the second Thursday of the month through the summer and show a movie in the park also when it gets dark.

Had a great time and I am already planning when we can go again!

Museums/Events

Will Rogers Birthplace and Museum

10/01/2021 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

While camping on Oologah Lake we went to the Will Rogers Museum and his Birthplace Ranch up there.

I found a great deal for the museum on groupon which we have used before also. So if you are wanting to go, you might want to check there first.

They were having a special family day so they had some hands on activities for the kids!

The girls enjoyed grinding corn and watching butter be churned.

When you have kids with allergies there is always a bit of disappointment that comes when food is around (they were letting people try the butter) but it was still interesting.

The basement has a little kids area.

We drove over to the ranch on the next day.

It is such a beautiful place.

My kids loved the animals.

Even the ones that escaped their pens 😉

These goats had knocked off a board and would come and go as they pleased. Ha

I really enjoy learning about Will Roger and his family and the ranch is like a peaceful retreat.

Have you been to the museum or ranch? I think he is a great part of Oklahoma history.

Hiking, History

Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch

07/02/2018 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

My favorite thing about this place is how peaceful it is.

You can tour the inside of the house which is beautiful. My kids like all the animals they have. They even have a little petting area in the barn. This peacock scared my oldest girl!

It was making a bunch of noise in the barn loft.

I did not know there used to be a state park where the ranch is and that they have some hiking trails there. The trails went through tall grass so we did not go far.

It has been a bad year for ticks and chiggers.

So we have been sticking to nice, open hiking trails.

Beautiful views of the lake though. We walked on an old road down to the lake. This boy was concerned that cattle were roaming and he was wearing a red shirt… This looks like a nice peaceful scene but Mayflies were out in droves… They would fly all in your face.