• Recently I went camping at Robbers Cave State Park in southeastern Oklahoma. It was a pretty place in the San Bois mountains that looked appealing and it was close to the Ouachita Mountains, one of my favorite ranges in the country. The camping wasn’t great but the hiking was pretty good. At the center of…

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  • Last week I hit Oklahoma again on my regular travels, this time focusing on eastern and southeastern regions. I visited Robbers Cave State Park just northwest of Wilburton for a night of camping and day of hiking, then moved to Cedar Lake, a forest service campground just south of Heavener. It’s about 15 miles north…

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  • Gee, has it been this long without a post? Really? Seriously? I just clicked on my blog today and noticed the royal wedding was my last literary offering. Sorry! Here’s what happened the past 10 days… umm…. well…. ummm…. just a sec…. ummm… thinking here…. well…. not much. Working hard, playing safe, and walking straight.…

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  • Did ya…

    see the wedding?  See the fairytale of the century play out? Hear the angelic choirs and symphonic tones filling the ancient cathedral? See the prince arrayed in splendor and the maiden dressed in white? Did you see it? I did. I wasn’t planning to see the Prince William of England marry college sweetheart Kate early…

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