DAY 2: Maria and Buffalos; Foss Lake, OK

To begin with, this is obviously a little late. I typed my last post on my computer during the trip before it died and posted it in the Denver Airport right before I took off and then spent a few days at the lake without internet!

The second day of our road trip consisted of lots of driving, lots of looking at nothing and a beautiful lake that made it all worthwhile. We got a late, hot start leaving Arkansas so we made a quick stop at Burger King for a late breakfast and hit the road. Cody left room in the backseat for me to take a nap since I woke up so early so I curled up with his Carhart and took advantage of that :) After seeing literally 23 signs for the Cherokee Trading Post in Oklahoma, we decided to give Maria a little break. That brings up a whole different story. Maria, formerly known as the mean machine, was renamed after the song “My Maria” by Brooks and Dunn came on the radio so when Cody talks about Maria too much don’t think he is cheating on me. Even though he spent more time with her than me every break since Thanksgiving. It’s okay though, it has been well worth it in hindsight! The Cherokee Trading Post had tons of little trinkets and even some real buffalo, the state animal. The sight of me trying to get on this painted buffalo was probably ridiculous, seeing that I just knew I could run and jump and throw my body on top of it. But after that failed three times, I let Cody help me. It’s a lot taller than it looks I promise! 

After almost reaching the western Oklahoma border, we finally arrived at Foss Lake. Turns out Cody had been there with his dad when he was little when they drove cross country, but we didn’t know that until we got there! Foss Lake was in the middle of nowhere but it was definitely my favorite campsite! The wind never stopped blowing, there was sand, cheap camping, a lake and we were allowed to start a fire unlike in New Mexico and Colorado. We settled in and took showers but were scared to leave all of our stuff out so we took showers at different times. I went first and after a short Bronco lesson, I drove it maybe 1/6 of a mile to the showers…by myself!!

This was only a big deal because one, Cody doesn’t really let most people drive it and secondly, starting it isn’t as simple as just turning the key. I felt pretty hardcore. While Cody took a shower I sat there with his loaded shotgun because in his words, “I told your dad I’d get you home safely” haha. He fits right in with the whole gun scene around my house!

That night we had smores and they were so good…much better than a microwave smore! Since this was the first day of summer and we were so close to the central/mountain time zone change, the sun didn’t set until around 9:15pm! We thought it was around 7 and that our phones were wrong at first! That night it rained and a UFO landed beside our tent. After just falling into a deep sleep, we wake up to lights going crazy around the tent and this terrible screeching noise. My first thought was a UFO and I freaked out because I wasn’t really awake but it turned out to be a truck of kids doing donuts…I guess you had to be there. Tricky tricky.