The Wichita Mountains (Or, Reflections On Warmer Weather)

I don't talk about Oklahoma enough on this blog. The truth is, Oklahoma is awesome. I feel thankful to live here. One of the things I like about Oklahoma is the weather. That probably sounds crazy (tornadoes, anyone?) but there are some things about it that I really do like. Like the fact that two weeks ago it was 68 degrees and today there is snow on the ground. I mean, we have everything. And who wouldn't want 68 degrees in January?

Eric and I took advantage of the weather and headed out to the Wichita Mountains (mountains are used very loosely here - they are basically huge hills, which is a big deal in the flatlands). It was Eric's first time and it had been a really long time since I had been there, so it felt like a new discovery. We had a great time - we even brought Winston, which of course made every moment more wonderful :)

We actually saw quite a few buffalo wandering about, so the pamphlet is legit.

Um, yeah. My dog is wearing shoes. In my crazydogperson defense, last time he went hiking, he came home with huge burrs stuck inside his paws and they were so painful he couldn't walk. So we got him cheap little shoes and they worked really well. Not a burr in sight!

Hiking break.

My husband loves heights. Me... not so much.

Self timer action.

It's definitely a little ironic that I am posting these pictures on a day when the ground is frozen, but it's definitely boosting my cold-weather-hating-spirits a little bit. When we first got married, we lived at a camp and we used to do outdoors-y things a whole lot more. Now, life just gets busy. But 2014 is starting off pretty well - here's to more hiking in the future!