The Stratford Peach Festival and the Rush Springs Watermelon Festival filled my summer days with tons of fun and lots of delicious fruit. But now the seasons are changing and it’s time to kick off the fall festivals! Who’s with me? To start the season ...
Read More →Nine miles. That’s all it takes to divide Murray County, Oklahoma each September. Once a year the distant Arbuckles tremble with the intensity of a feud that has raged with passion for generations, and it’s known by three words. Murray County Bedlam. Sons, fathers, ...
Read More →In south-central Oklahoma, you will find 13 counties that are part of Chickasaw Country. The area is 7,648 square miles of lakes, waterfalls, ziplines, festivals, museums, and so much more fun. Chickasaw Country is broken up into 4 regions– northwest, southwest, northeast, and southeast. Each of the 4 regions are home ...
Read More →In south-central Oklahoma, you will find 7,648 square miles of lakes, waterfalls, ziplines, festivals, museums, and so much more! Chickasaw Country is broken up into four regions: northwest, southwest, northeast, and southeast. Each of the four regions is home to unique events and beautiful scenery. The southeast region ...
Read More →I’m the kind of person that buys everything Oklahoma - Oklahoma shirts, mugs, hats, blankets, and so much more. To say I’m obsessed with Oklahoma is probably an understatement. Oklahoma is made up of 77 counties, but the 13 counties in south-central Oklahoma are part of Chickasaw Country (...
Read More →The most wonderful time of year is finally here! No, not Christmas … it’s finally football season! It’s time for big expectations and big dreams. It’s the time of year when the entire town rolls out on Friday nights to the stadium in hope ...
Read More →One of our favorite things to do is to spend an afternoon with my friends at a local agritourism stop exploring the outdoors! Agritourism is widespread throughout south-central Oklahoma with a variety of activities to choose from. From pumpkin farms, to trail rides and hay mazes to ranches, here are ...
Read More →Labor Day is near! How can this be? To me, it feels like it should still be May, but the summer flew by and now it’s time to celebrate the end of summer. So, let’s flip the calendar, put away our white clothes (I never follow ...
Read More →Picture this. The year is 1948. The world is recovering from World War II. Gas is 16 cents a gallon, a loaf of bread is 14 cents, and you can go to the movies for just one dollar. The kids are playing Scrabble, South Pacific is on Broadway, and the first NASCAR race ...
Read More →The Rocky theme song blasted through the speakers as rodeo cowboys and cowgirls were casually prepping for the evening rodeo behind the chutes, but in the rodeo ring, the REAL action was about to happen. Four little cowboys, decked-out in full cowboy gear, strutted into the Wynnewood IPRA Rodeo arena. ...
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