Travel Journal
We visited a couple of very different places today. The first, Fort Fetterman State Historic Site, is situated on a windy plateau above the valleys of LaPrele Creek and the north Platte River. The second, Ayrs Natural Bridge, is in a mountain canyon.
Yet, they are only a relatively few miles apart.
I will post more on both of these at a later point, with photographs that show more of each place.
We plan to move on down the road aways tomorrow. I don’t know if we will have internet service.
(Each travel journal post is published on Exit78 and Haw Creek Out ‘n About .)
Commenters on the post on Indian Cave State Park asked for more photos of the petroglyphs there. There are about 15 in the cave. These, and the one on the earlier post, are the only ones I found. (click on any of the images to view a larger version)
Other petroglyph images that we’ve seen:
Note: These are in online photo galleries.
Arches National Park, Utah
Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas
Posted from Douglas, Wyoming.
Canton Lake, Oklahoma
Gallery – Canton Lake – August 29, 2009
(click on image for larger version)
Core of Engineers:
Canton Lake is located in west Oklahoma on the North Canadian River, 2 miles north of the town of Canton. This man-made lake offers extensive opportunity for outdoor recreational activities. Canton Lake plays host to a large number of campers, picnickers, boaters, fishermen, and hunters every year. It is one of the few places that offers these types of recreational opportunities in western Oklahoma. Its gently sloping sandy beach is an open invitation for swimming and sunbathing. Water skiing is popular on the broad expanse of water paralleling the dam where winds are subdued.
The Corps of Engineers operates five multi-use recreation areas which offer a combination of overnight camping and day-use opportunities to the visiting public. Sightseers may view the lake from the 2.5 mile stretch of State Highway 58A which crosses over Canton Dam. Three parking areas/pullouts with fishing jetties are located on the dam. Other features include a nature trail, overlook visitor center, outdoor amphitheater, scenic drive, and active prairie dog town.
Canton Lake is NW Oklahoma’s leading fisherman’s paradise. It provides several species of fish, including crappie, white bass, hybrid bass, channel catfish, and largemouth bass. Canton is most widely known for an abundance of walleye and has become the primary source of walleye eggs used to stock other Oklahoma lakes. Canton Lake hosts an annual Walleye Rodeo fishing derby during the month of May.
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