Oklahoma and Arkansas

May 8 – Foss Lake, Oklahoma

We stayed at Foss Lake State Park today. It was so hot travelling (42C) so we stopped at noon at this lake and camped right on the waters edge. Really nice here but then the wind came up and it was blowing hot. Some of the campers were worried as they heard that there might be a tornado. But though it got very windy nothing happened and we just rocked and rolled in the motorhome. The state parks here have water and electricity so we enjoyed looking out of the window at the lake sitting in our air conditioned unit. The country here is beginning to change. There are more trees and rolling hills. Still quite pairie-like though.

May 9 – We left late today from Foss Lake and just took our time going through Oklahoma City and surrounding area. Didn’t really travel very far. We are at Shawnee, just east of Oklahoma City tonight but hope to travel a little more tomorrow. No big rush though. We just take one day at a time. Seems a little cooler tonight.  May 10 - We had a long day today outrunning a tornado. So we crossed Arkansas and are now in the Ozark Mountains. The country is so different here. High mountains but all covered in trees. The people here are so very nice. They think we have accents but we certainly know that they do. They are all very friendly as they don't see many people from BC. The countryside is just gorgeous and it is finally a little cooler. Tomorrow off the Branson Missouri.