Family Retreat - Part II

Saturday morning we made our way to the park area and we all rode the train except Grandpa.
We thought the ride might be a little too bumpy for him because of his recent surgery.

Rudy and Christy seem excited about our train ride.

Craig, Katie and Nathan were ready for the ride too!

These boys are fired up and ready to go!

These two get really excited about everything.

Gracie is searching for the deer and other wild life usually seen on the train ride.
We only saw a couple of deers from a distance.
We did see a really big bird....Josh thought it was a woodpecker and Gracie thought it was a bird she had seen in her "Bird Book". We weren't sure who was right.

The two pictures above and the two below were the start of a "real adventure."
Rudy wanted to find this great nature trail which was to lead to the largest oak tree
in Oklahoma, the U.S. or world, or some such place. No matter, he was determined to find it.
After all, he had the map...the map, the map, the map.....sound's like Dora the Explorer, huh?

We walked and we walked. We followed this body of water, and we saw trees, yes.
We saw the woods, yes. It was a strange trail, yes. It seemed to lead to no where.
Grandma eventually lost faith in her son and veered off alone....to find a bathroom.
It looks like Andrew took care of his problem somewhere on the trail.
Looks like Gracie had experienced enough and the others were wondering aimlessly.

Nathan seemed to have a great ride. But, by the time Grandma found her way back to
the main road, she was soon trailed by the whole bunch.
NO GIANT OAK TREE FOUND....but, such fun!
Rudy and I decided the tree must have died in the 1800's or so.
Awe, but togetherness....making memories.
Part III will soon follow if I can get the pictures to cooperate.