Off the Beaten Path - Costa Rica Kay and I recently spent a week in the Central American country of Costa Rica. Per our usual travel arraignments, we "winged it" on this trip. Our only reservations … Continue reading...
Costa Rica Vacation
Off the Beaten Path – Skeleton Creek Ranch, Enid
Kay and I were driving in our Jeep north of Enid, Oklahoma and saw a sign that pointed to "Skeleton Creek Ranch". Thinking this was some type of cool dude ranch or something, we followed the signs to … Continue reading...
Oldest Known Grave in Oklahoma
If you are ever in far southeastern Oklahoma, say around Tom (you know where Tom, Oklahoma is at, right? No? Idabel? Go to Idabel and keep going) be sure and stop by and see the oldest known grave in … Continue reading...
Fort Gibson to Hulbert – Off the Beaten Path
Kay and I love to find out-of-the-way roads and places. A little known yet awesome route in eastern Oklahoma goes from Fort Gibson, north along the Neosho River and Fort Gibson Lake, to the small town … Continue reading...
Off the Beaten Path – Marshall, OK
Just a short hours drive north of Oklahoma City is the small town of Marshall, Oklahoma. Not quite a ghost town, it is a once thriving, but now mostly forgotten community in northern Logan County. … Continue reading...
Abandoned School
Kay and I love to travel dirt roads. We normally drive these on our dual sport bikes, but occasionally we take our Jeep. This time because of the cold weather we were in our Jeep Wrangler, just … Continue reading...
Stringtown to McGee Creek and Antlers
If you a re traveling to far southeast Oklahoma and want to “get off the beaten path” try traveling the mostly paved road between Stringtown and Antlers via the McGee Creek Reservoir. This road is not … Continue reading...
Mangum Rattlesnake Roundup
I woke up on a Sunday morning and unexpectedly had the day free. What to do that costs very little and is fun? Mangum Rattlesnake Roundup! I have heard about this festival for many years and saw in … Continue reading...
Cloud Chief – Oklahoma Ghost Town
Cloud Chief - Oklahoma Ghost Town Cruising down Oklahoma State Highway 152 in western Oklahoma on my BMW enduro bike, a dot popped up on my Garmin GPS indicating one of my earlier marked … Continue reading...
Catfish Fence
Cruising down a dirt road in north central Oklahoma near Cushing, Kay and I ran across a macabre site of dozens of dried catfish carcases staked out on fence posts like some third world voodoo … Continue reading...