Another great place I've never heard of.

This weekend we planned to go to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge on the suggestion of my cousin Monica who lives in Edmond, Oklahoma. It's only about two and a half hours from Stillwater. Georgia woke up in severe pain, but urged me to go ahead and keep our reservations at the Stardust Inn in Medicine Park (and bring back pictures) My facebook friends can see more pictures there, but here are a few. On the way, the LPM factor (livestock per mile) mentioned in the last post was still high. Also I was reminded about something that I had forgotten in my last post. Roadkill is a given when you travel the interstate highways. I was struck on this trip however in that there is a significant difference in the species in the southwest Missouri and central Oklahoma flattened delicacies. Here's a hint: http://s0.ilike.com/play#Loudon+Wainwright+III:Dead+Skunk:146609:s1569142.8166541.3708942.0.1.75%2Cstd_79bd1a31f4b2c7dfd717c298be731c4f

Yup, lots of them. I had forgotten the detailed directions that we received when we made our reservations, but went on a bit of memory. Unfortunately that was in bits and pieces. As it turned out, I came within about a quarter mile of driving directly to it, then decided I was pursuing a loss leader and turned around.. After driving into and out of town and asking 2 different people, I looked across the water and recognized it. I asked the lady who had taken me to the wrong side of the water how to get over there.. She told me and It was a piece of cake from there. I stumbled onto this couple as they were leaving the senior center. Medicine Park was "reborn" about 14 years ago. Cool little place. Once I got my room key, I headed off for the refuge and saw more Longhorn cattle than I had ever seen along with several Bison and lots of Black Tailed Prairie Dogs. There are supposedly Elk at the refuge, but I didn't see any. I asked Peggy, the innkeeper where to eat dinner. One of the places she mentioned was the Master's Kitchen, a little hole in the wall place.... Not much to look at, but the food was yummy. I had Taco Soup and Delmonico Steak. This morning after a great breakfast with 3 couples who were staying at the Inn, I went up Mount Scott. I didn't expect mountains here; guess I'm not as good at geography as I thought. When I got up there, I found there are lots of lakes around the mountain. The mountain is in the refuge. Another unexpected, but great adventure.