Heading Back East ?!

Heading Back East?! After deciding that heading west wasn’t going to work this winter, we were heading back east. Sort of… we just really didn’t know! We knew we needed to take a minute and just pause. By the end of phase 1 of the catio project, we had decided we would just head east …

Medicine Park Aquarium & Natural Sciences Center

Medicine Park Aquarium & Natural Sciences Center 📍 1 Aquarium Drive, Medicine Park, OK 73557   “This unique eco-tourism attraction has over 90 native and non-native fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, and mammal species on exhibit. We also have a six-acre botanical garden featuring many plants native to the area.” Beyond the tanks, the Medicine Park …

Jed Johnson Watchtower Lawton Oklahoma — cylindrical stone tower with crenellated top and metal railing, standing in the Wichita Mountains landscape, with a person at the base for scale.

Jed Johnson Watchtower: A Hidden Gem in Lawton, Oklahoma

Exploring in Lawton If you’re in southwestern Oklahoma and need something better than another flat loop with a picnic table at the end, the Jed Johnson Watchtower will do. It’s a moderate climb — enough to make you breathe harder, not enough to make you regret your life choices — and the payoff is an …

Optimus Prime statue at G&M Body Shop in Stillwater, Oklahoma, with a person posing in front, arm extended toward the towering robot. Constructed from metal parts and labeled “G&M GIANT” in the background, this figure anchors the east side of the Transformers statues Stillwater Oklahoma display.

Transformers Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in Stillwater Oklahoma

Transformers Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in Stillwater Oklahoma Autobots Roll Out on Highway 51 We decided we were heading west for the winter, via a southwest route, and our first stop had a surprise that any 80s kid would love… Our first stop along the newly formed route was Stillwater, Oklahoma, and what did we …