April 20 – Oklahoma, Kansas
Two stops since leaving Texas, with plans to get to Canada by the end of the month.
First, Keystone Lake State Park, in Sand Springs, OK (near Tulsa), Site L26. We arrived grateful for some refuge from the strong winds that blew across (of course) the highways and backroads as we headed North. The park was almost empty. We chose a site with FHU (full hook up – meaning water, electricity and sewer), all of which were without shade. We thought that would be a problem, but when the temps plunged at night, and then stayed there the next day, along with continued gusty winds, we appreciated the little sun that we saw. We took the opportunity to reorganize (again) some of our outside lockers, probably not for the last time. The pic is of the lower picnic area, where later in the season there would be crowds enjoying the excellent facilities of the park.
Our second 2 night stop was in the Cedar Grove Campground of Bloomington East Park, near Topeka, KS Site 76. It’s on Lake Clinton, one of many sprawling lakes that cover the country, at least on our routes. A CoE (Corps of Engineers) campground, it is very popular with the Topeka camping crowd, and we were there on a weekend. It was almost full, but it turned out to be very quiet, mainly because it’s not gone above 10 C, and has remained cloudy all day. Only the kids and a few crazy (IMHO) adults seemed to be able to ignore the cold. We did get out our down jackets, and are contemplating long underwear!
The pic below is of the road down to the water where one can fish, swim and launch boats. Pretty, but with it being so cold, not too much activity in that area!
