“This is Oklahoma?” The geographic diversity of this state never ceases to amaze, but it isn’t every day we lay eyes on a place so beautiful that infatuation is instantaneous.…
“How the hell do you find this stuff?” “Because it’s here to be found and its history. If more people were looking for it, it wouldn’t go away.” We have…
There is well preserved hallowed ground in west Oklahoma, a place where history changed forever for all American people. In 1868, a group of settlers had arrived relatively new to…
From Roger Mills County in Oklahoma, you can see past the western horizon. The world just keeps going, on and on, no clear marker to dictate a fine vanishing point…
“There’s something you should know about me. The World’s Biggest Ball of Twine, junk yard art, giant concrete dinosaurs… I will stop, every time. Because, damn it, how many…
And so, in keeping with prolonging last weekend’s westward trip as long as possible, why not a little trail adventure? We almost kept going, but Great Plains State Park was right there…
5 a.m. Saturday morning is a quiet place. A place before anyone else is awake, even the rooster down the hill, the one that crows at all hours regardless of…
“Claudy! This is the 66 road!” E gets excited lately whenever she sees a Route 66 sign and she knows the segments of it we’re on regularly by heart. Apparently my…
The whole world was gray white and infinite encapsulate. One step outside and the cold bit as a light constant mist alternated somewhere between rain and snow. Down the highway…
Like some Arthurian quest, I am pouring more and more time into traveling every inch of the pothole ridden two lane blacktop surrounding Oklahoma City trying to find those views,…
Dharma Anchor 