Grandma, Aunt Lisa, and I took the boys camping at Robbers Cave in Oklahoma mid-July. I was amazed at how beautiful the area was -- in fact, the pine trees, giant boulders, and lovely views greatly reminded us of Colorado, minus some elevation. The water in the lake was warmer, though!
Robbers Cave is a great place for a family to visit. It supposedly was a hideout for outlaws way back when. Aside from having nice air-conditioned cabins (hey, in 100-degree weather, an air-conditioned cabin IS camping -- there were hardly any tents around), they have a lake with swimming area, paddleboats, horseback riding, miniature golf, swimming pool, catfish feeding, nature center, arts and crafts, great playground, and of course hiking to Robbers Cave. It's very nicely maintained (except for a seriously lack of recycling options) and dog-friendly, to boot. We were comfortable, content, and always had something to do. The kids, Grover, and I had a blast, and we were so happy to get to spend several days with Grandma, Lisa, and the boys' cousins. We don't get to do that often enough!
The boys thoroughly enjoyed themselves, particularly at the lake. I think the monster catfish were their favorite part of the whole trip.
There were lots of great bugs. Lisa and I took pictures of every one, I think. This one is my favorite -- that 3-inch creature looks straight out of a B-movie horror flick. "Attack of the Mutant Pincers!" Turns out that bug is a female dobson fly.
Grover had a great time, finding his inner water dog and swimming like a dogfish and being captain on the paddleboats. Hannah was his special guardian -- she was very serious in her job! Grover did his job, too -- woof, woof at strangers, bugs, noises, animals.
Thanks for the wonderful trip, Grandma and Aunt Lisa! For more camping pictures, click <--.
The one negative thing I have to say is there was a serious lack of sunscreen available in town. We went to four stores and found only one bottle of really questionable sunscreen that I couldn't bring myself to buy -- my oldest was sure to break out in hives from it. Why would a town near a lake not sell sunscreen? They weren't just out; they just didn't carry it. The campground store had one kind of sunscreen (another allergy one) and two dark tanning lotions (!). So we decided it was better to go without sunscreen than have Logan need emergency antihistamines.
I'll add one other thing -- lots of churches along the trip with various messages on signs outside. There were some meaningful ones, I'll admit -- ones with words for thought, whether you are religious or not. But several others rather failed at their message. I chickened out and didn't include the photos of some I took. But seriously, if you are going to spread religious mottos, at least spell the words correctly.
But the whole trip was wonderful, and we so enjoyed our time with family, with adventures on the way and back. We got to see the grandparents' new house, too, with Grandpa's "man cave." Gorgeous. Grats to both of you!
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