Aug 27, 2022
Bison at our campsite, scorpions in the car
Summer 2022 Travels: Oklahoma
Our first big trip with our new pup, Loki! We stayed in Tulsa for a night, and explored the bar scene.
The next day we explored the Black Wallstreet memorial, Reconciliation Park. Profound and titled an “international site of conscious”.
On the drive out to the Wichita Mountains the next day, we got a text that we had been heavily exposed to COVID before we left, so we masked up, bought a few tests, and did them on the side of the road. Negative, and feeling fine we carried on to our destination.
It was much hotter than I expected, even though I was expecting it. We spent some time at a Mexican restaurant in a nearby town to cool off and hydrate, since there was no water on the remote campsite.
Though it was beautiful the whole time we were there, the highlight of the night was when we saw bison footprints at our campsite. But little did we know that was nothing compared to what was to come…
The bison actually came into our campsite that night! (See video above). They ended up passing along out of the campsite, but there were so many more bison in the reserve free to roam, and I was on the lookout for the rest of the night! Loki our dog also was, and I held him as the combined factors of tent camping, thunder and bison kept him in a panic attack for a few hours.
The next day we, and Loki, were all better, and went hiking around the reserve before it got too hot.
We stopped through Oklahoma City on the way home to Missouri, and called it a trip! Definitely recommend this weekend trip in the red dirt mountains.
When we arrived home, we found a scorpion in the backseat to complete our trip.
We took it as a good sign, and finished off the weekend with the Boulevardia festival in Kansas City.
